Senate Sponsors: BURZYNSKI. House Sponsors: STEPHENS-BELLOCK-LYONS,EILEEN-MEYER Short description: HUMAN CLONING-BAN Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Creates the Human Cloning Act. Prohibits human cloning. Prohibits a person from purchasing or selling an ovum, zygote, embryo, or fetus for the purpose of cloning a human being. Establishes administrative penalties for violation. 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. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 2310/55.46-5 new Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 2310/2310-330.5 new Deletes everything. Reinstates the substance of the bill, with the following exceptions: (1) 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; (2) provides that the Attorney General rather than the Director of Public Health may levy administrative penalties for a violation of the Act; and (3) provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2005. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Changes the definition of "clone". Includes in the definition, to create using human somatic cell nucleus transfer technology, a human being, human embryo, or human fetus. Provides that the prohibition against cloning includes removal of the nucleus for any purpose regardless of whether or not the resulting product could result in a human embryo, human fetus, or human being and regardless of whether or not the cell is intended to be implanted into a womb and may or may not result in a pregnancy and a birth of a human being. Provides that "clone" does not refer to duplicating or replicating human DNA sequences, organs, tissues, or cells. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Includes in the definition of "clone", an attempt to create a human being, human embryo, or human fetus. Changes references of implanting into a womb to implanting into a person. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 01-01-09 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status