Senate Sponsors: BURZYNSKI. House Sponsors: REITZ-HULTGREN-RUTHERFORD-NOVAK Short description: HUMAN CLONING-BAN Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Creates the Human Cloning Act. Prohibits human cloning. Prohibits a person from purchasing, selling, using, or transporting an ovum, zygote, embryo, or fetus for the purpose of cloning a human being. Establishes administrative penalties for a violation. Provides that nothing in the Human Cloning Act restricts or prohibits biomedical research using cloning technology that is not expressly prohibited by the Act, including cloning human genes, cells, and tissues. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2007. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, and the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides for the revocation of various licenses for violation of the Human Cloning Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Prohibits a person from engaging in activity that involves the use of a human somatic cell for the process of producing a human clone. Penalty is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Office of Attorney General) There would be an annual cost of $200,000 in salaries, benefits and operating costs for an administrative law judge, rules of procedure, a site for administrative hearings, and someone with expertise to analyze complaints. The OAG currently has no mechanism for holding hearings or enforcing the imposition of fines. The OAG might also be expected to handle any criminal prosecutions. STATE MANDATES NOTE (Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs) In the opinion of DCCA, HB 493 does not meet the definition of a State mandate under the State Mandates Act. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Changes the definition of "human clone" to a human being created by transferring the nucleus from a human somatic cell (rather than from the nucleus of any human cell from whatever source) into a human egg cell from which the nucleus has been removed. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Office of Attorney General) Same as previous fiscal note. STATE MANDATES NOTE, HA-1 (Department of Commerce and Community Affairs) Same as previous State mandates note. HOME RULE NOTE, HA-1 (Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs) It is not anticipated that the legislation would pre-empt home rule powers and functions of local governments. CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 1, (Department of Corrections) The impact is expected to be minimal. Each person sentenced to prison for a Class 4 violation of the Human Cloning Act would serve an average of seven months at a cost of $11,400. That would also require the construction of one additional prison bed at the cost of $43,864. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status