BILL REQ. #:  S-1047.1 

Read first time 01/30/2003.   Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services & Corrections.

     AN ACT Relating to human cloning; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Cloning of a human being" means asexual reproduction by implanting or attempting to implant the product of nuclear transplantation into a uterus or substitute for a uterus with the purpose of producing a human being.
     (2) "Nuclear transplantation" means transferring the nucleus of a human somatic cell into an oocyte from which the nucleus has been or will be removed or inactivated.
     (3) "Human somatic cell" means a diploid cell that is obtained or derived from a living or deceased human at any stage of development.
     (4) "Oocyte" means the unfertilized human ovum.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   (1) No person may knowingly engage or assist in the cloning or attempted cloning of a human being.
     (2) The attorney general may bring an action to enjoin any person from violating subsection (1) of this section.
     (3) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars for each violation. Civil penalties authorized by this subsection may be imposed in any civil action brought by the attorney general.
     (4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict areas of biomedical, agricultural, and scientific research not specifically prohibited by this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   Sections 1 and 2 of this act constitute a new chapter in Title 70 RCW.