Update: SB 67, the bill requiring institutes of higher education to report on the types of stem cell research they conduct, was referred to the Local and Uncontested Calendar on Feb. 18, but has not yet been heard.

HB 142, the bill to ban reproductive cloning, is still pending in House State Affairs Committee.

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TAMR is currently monitoring a number of bills during this session of the Texas Legislature. The list will likely grow until mid-March when bills may no longer be filed.

| Click here to download this week’s updated list (PDF) |

A few of the bills we are tracking directly impact regenerative medical research including embryonic stem cell research. The vast majority of the bills are being monitored because of the potential they offer for amendments that would ban such research within state owned research facilities or ban funding for state research institutions that conduct such research.

We will keep you informed of any and all important developments.

Please direct all questions to info@txamr.org.

Update: Last week HB 142 — Rep. Richard Raymond’s bill to prohibit reproductive cloning — was heard in House State Affairs Committee. This bill has been filed by Rep. Raymond for several sessions. It was left pending in committee.

The CPRIT reform legislation, SB 149, is moving forward. It was voted out of committee last week. It is not clear how soon it will be considered by the full Senate.

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TAMR is currently monitoring a number of bills during this session of the Texas Legislature. The list will likely grow until mid-March when bills may no longer be filed.

| Click here to download this week’s updated list (PDF) |

A few of the bills we are tracking directly impact regenerative medical research including embryonic stem cell research. The vast majority of the bills are being monitored because of the potential they offer for amendments that would ban such research within state owned research facilities or ban funding for state research institutions that conduct such research.

We will keep you informed of any and all important developments.

Please direct all questions to info@txamr.org.

HEARING THIS WEEK: On Wednesday, Rep. Richard Raymond’s anti-cloning bill, HB 142, will be heard in House State Affairs Committee. TAMR supports this bill that allows SCNT research, but prohibits the implantation of the product of SCNT.

Last week the Senate Health and Human Services Committee considered SB 67, a bill requiring state institutions that conduct medical research to report on the types of stem cell research they conduct and the type of funding that supports those projects. The bill was voted out of committee. There were also hearings questioning the operating policies of CPRIT continue in both chambers of the Texas Legislature last week. Sen. Jane Nelson’s legislation to “fix” CPRIT was voted out of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.

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TAMR is currently monitoring a number of bills during this session of the Texas Legislature. The list will likely grow until mid-March when bills may no longer be filed.

| Click here to download this week’s updated list (PDF) |

A few of the bills we are tracking directly impact regenerative medical research including embryonic stem cell research. The vast majority of the bills are being monitored because of the potential they offer for amendments that would ban such research within state owned research facilities or ban funding for state research institutions that conduct such research.

We will keep you informed of any and all important developments.

Please direct all questions to info@txamr.org.

HEARING THIS WEEK: On Tuesday the Senate Health and Human Services Committee will consider SB 67, a bill requiring state institutions that conduct medical research to report on the types of stem cell research they conduct and the type of funding that supports those projects. TAMR is considering weighing in on this piece of legislation at Tuesday’s hearing, understanding the desire for transparency in the use of state-owned facilities, but concerned about the use of this information going forward.

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TAMR is currently monitoring a number of bills during this session of the Texas Legislature. The list will likely grow until mid-March when bills may no longer be filed.
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TAMR is currently monitoring a number of bills during this session of the Texas Legislature. The list will likely grow until mid-March when bills may no longer be filed.

| Click here to download this week’s updated list (PDF) |

A few of the bills we are tracking directly impact regenerative medical research including embryonic stem cell research. The vast majority of the bills are being monitored because of the potential they offer for amendments that would ban such research within state owned research facilities or ban funding for state research institutions that conduct such research.

We will keep you informed of any and all important developments.

Please direct all questions to info@txamr.org.