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| To amend section 3701.99 and to enact section 3701.95 | 1 |
| of the Revised Code to prohibit the creation, | 2 |
| transportation, or receipt of a human-animal | 3 |
| hybrid, the transfer of a nonhuman embryo into a | 4 |
| human womb, and the transfer of a human embryo | 5 |
| into a nonhuman womb. | 6 |
| Section 1. That section 3701.99 be amended and section | 7 |
| 3701.95 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
| Sec. 3701.95. (A) As used in this section: | 9 |
| (1) "Human-animal hybrid" means any of the following: | 10 |
| (a) A human embryo into which a nonhuman cell or a component | 11 |
| of a nonhuman cell is introduced so that it is uncertain whether | 12 |
| the human embryo is a member of the species homo sapiens; | 13 |
| (b) A hybrid human-animal embryo produced by fertilizing a | 14 |
| human egg with a nonhuman sperm; | 15 |
| (c) A hybrid human-animal embryo produced by fertilizing a | 16 |
| nonhuman egg with a human sperm; | 17 |
| (d) An embryo produced by introducing a nonhuman nucleus into | 18 |
| a human egg; | 19 |
| (e) An embryo produced by introducing a human nucleus into a | 20 |
| nonhuman egg; | 21 |
| (f) An embryo containing at least haploid sets of chromosomes | 22 |
| from both a human and a nonhuman life form; | 23 |
| (g) A nonhuman life form engineered such that human gametes | 24 |
| develop within the body of a nonhuman life form; | 25 |
| (h) A nonhuman life form engineered such that it contains a | 26 |
| human brain or a brain derived wholly or predominately from human | 27 |
| neural tissues. | 28 |
| (2) "Human embryo" means an organism of the species homo | 29 |
| sapiens during the earliest stages of development from one cell up | 30 |
| to eight weeks. | 31 |
| (B) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: | 32 |
| (1) Create or attempt to create a human-animal hybrid; | 33 |
| (2) Transfer or attempt to transfer a human embryo into a | 34 |
| nonhuman womb; | 35 |
| (3) Transfer or attempt to transfer a nonhuman embryo into a | 36 |
| human womb; | 37 |
| (4) Transport or receive for any purpose a human-animal | 38 |
| hybrid. | 39 |
| (C) Nothing in this section prohibits either of the | 40 |
| following: | 41 |
| (1) Research involving the use of transgenic animal models | 42 |
| containing human genes; | 43 |
| (2) Xenotransplantation of human organs, tissues, or cells | 44 |
| into recipient animals other than animal embryos. | 45 |
| Sec. 3701.99. (A) Whoever violates division (C) of section | 46 |
| 3701.23, division (C) of section 3701.232, division (C) of section | 47 |
| 3701.24, division (B) of section 3701.25, division (I) of section | 48 |
| 3701.262, division (D) of section 3701.263, or sections 3701.46 to | 49 |
| 3701.55 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a | 50 |
| first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of | 51 |
| a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. | 52 |
| (B) Whoever violates section 3701.82 of the Revised Code is | 53 |
| guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. | 54 |
| (C) Whoever violates section 3701.352 or 3701.81 of the | 55 |
| Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. | 56 |
| (D) Whoever violates section 3701.95 of the Revised Code | 57 |
| shall be subject to the following: | 58 |
| (1) A term of imprisonment of not more than five years; | 59 |
| (2) If the offender derives pecuniary gain as a result of the | 60 |
| violation, a fine of not less than one million dollars and not | 61 |
| more than an amount equal to two times the amount of the gross | 62 |
| pecuniary gain if that amount is more than one million dollars. | 63 |
| Section 2. That existing section 3701.99 of the Revised Code | 64 |
| is hereby repealed. | 65 |