HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
State Affairs
TIME & DATE:
8:00 AM, Thursday, April 12, 2007
PLACE:
E2.010
CHAIR:
Rep. David Swinford
 
The committee will meet to consider the following:
 
HB 225
 
Paxton / et al.
Relating to prohibiting the use of state money for certain biomedical research.
 
HB 537
 
Thompson
Relating to research using human cells and tissues.
 
HB 1486
 
Naishtat / et al.
Relating to the establishment of the stem cell research program.
 
HB 1533
 
Homer / et al.
Relating to a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.
 
HB 1829
 
Raymond
Relating to prohibiting human cloning and other uses of human tissue by institutions of higher education; providing penalties.
 
HB 2704
 
Woolley / et al.
Relating to the regulation of the use of human cells and tissue, including a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.
 
HJR 43
 
Thompson
Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Institute for Regenerative Medicine, authorizing the issuance of bonds for the purposes of the institute, and prohibiting the legislature from prohibiting stem cell research.
 
 
For additional information contact the committee clerk at 463-0814.