FIRST REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES LEMBKE (Sponsor), BEARDEN, SANDER, MOORE, ONDER, DAVIS, EMERY, DIXON, NIEVES, WOOD, PORTWOOD, DAY, BROWN (30), SCHOELLER, MUNZLINGER, BIVINS, SMITH (150), DEEKEN, BAKER (123), COOPER (155), McGHEE, DENISON, ICET, MUSCHANY, KELLY, JONES (89), COX, RUZICKA, FRANZ, WRIGHT, LOEHNER, FISHER, KINGERY, SCHAD, FUNDERBURK, WELLS, POLLOCK, VIEBROCK, HARRIS (110), QUINN (9), STEVENSON, BRUNS, SCHIEFFER, SCHARNHORST, QUINN (7), SUTHERLAND, FAITH AND JONES (117) (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time January 22, 2007 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment to article III of the Constitution of Missouri relating to human cloning.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2008, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article III of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Article III, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 38(e), to read as follows:
Section 38(e). 1. The general assembly may enact laws concerning health care research, including controlling taxation, appropriations, and use of public resources for health care research, and regulating research that could pose a risk to human life or health.
2. It is unlawful to engage in human cloning. For the purposes of this section and section 38(d) of this article, "human cloning" means the creation of a human zygote, human blastocyst, or human embryo by any means other than the fertilization of a human egg by a human sperm.
3. The provisions of this section supersede any provision of section 38(d) of this article that is inconsistent with this section.
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