H. B. 2654
(By Delegates Ashley and Wakim)
[Introduced February 24, 2005; referred to the
Committee on Education then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto
a new section, designated §18B-4-9, relating to prohibiting cloning human
embryos in state medical schools, colleges or universities; and providing
dismissal from employment for this conduct.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a
new section, designated §18B-4-9, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
§18B-4-9. Cloning human embryos prohibited.
No medical school or university or college in West Virginia may participate in
or fund or use facilities for or be involved in any way with the cloning of any
human embryo. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be
terminated from employment with the medical school, university or college where
this prohibited act took place.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit cloning human embryos in state
medical schools, colleges or universities. It also provides dismissal from
employment for this conduct.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been
omitted.