SB 195 prohibit or restrict certain acts in relation to...

        ENTITLED, An Act to prohibit or restrict certain acts in relation to human embryos.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section 1. No person may knowingly conduct nontherapeutic research that destroys a human embryo. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
     Section 2. No person may knowingly conduct nontherapeutic research that subjects a human embryo to substantial risk of injury or death. No person may sell or transfer a human embryo with the knowledge that the embryo will be subjected to nontherapeutic research. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
     Section 3. No person may use for research purposes cells or tissues that the person knows were obtained by performing the activities described in sections 1 and 2 of this Act. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
     Section 4. For purposes of this Act, the term, nontherapeutic research, means research that is not intended to help preserve the life and health of the particular embryo subjected to risk. It does not include in vitro fertilization and accompanying embryo transfer to a woman's body or any diagnostic test which may assist in the future care of a child subjected to such tests.
     Section 5. For purposes of this Act, the term, human embryo, means a living organism of the species Homo sapiens at the earliest stages of development (including the single-celled stage) that is not located in a woman's body.

An Act to prohibit or restrict certain acts in relation to human embryos.

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I certify that the attached Act originated in the

SENATE as Bill No. 195