BILL REQ. #:  S-2003.1 

READ FIRST TIME 03/03/03.   

     AN ACT Relating to prohibiting 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.
     (1) "Human cloning" means human asexual reproduction, accomplished by introducing nuclear material from one or more human somatic cells into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose nuclear material has been removed or inactivated so as to produce a living organism, at any stage of development, that is genetically virtually identical to an existing or previously existing human organism.
     (2) "Human somatic cell" means a diploid cell that is obtained or derived from a living or deceased human at any stage of development.
     (3) "Oocyte" means the human ovum.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   (1) No person may knowingly engage or assist in human cloning or attempted human cloning. No person may knowingly ship, receive, import, or export for any purpose any product derived from human cloning.
     (2) The attorney general may bring an action to enjoin any person from violating any provision of this chapter.
     (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 prohibits research not expressly prohibited in this act.

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