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Bill Analysis — HB 2273, Creating a study committee on human genome editing (Washington State House of Representatives)

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House Bill Analysis of HB 2273 by the Office of Program Research for the Innovation, Technology & Economic Development Committee, with a hearing date of January 14, 2020. The brief description is creating a study committee on human genome editing, with Representatives Slatter and Irwin as sponsors. The analysis states the bill directs the Washington Academy of Sciences to establish the committee, whose members include researchers and clinicians, bioethics experts and four legislative members in a nonvoting observational capacity. It lists a report due by October 1, 2021, an appropriation of None, and a fiscal note requested on January 10, 2020.

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Washington State                   BILL
House of Representatives
Office of Program Research     ANALYSIS
Innovation, Technology & Economic
Development Committee
                                         HB 2273
Brief Description: Creating a study committee on human genome editing.

Sponsors: Representatives Slatter and Irwin.


                                      Brief Summary of Bill
      Ÿ Directs the Washington Academy of Sciences to establish a study committee to
        examine scientific, ethical, and societal issues associated with human genome
        editing.


Hearing Date: 1/14/20

Staff: Yelena Baker (786-7301).

Background:

Human Genome Editing.

Human genome editing is a group of technologies that give scientists the ability to add, remove,
or alter genetic material at particular locations in human genome. A recent approach to genome
editing is known as CRISPR, short for "Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic
Repeats."

Human genome editing can be used in biomedical research to help advance understanding of
human diseases, in clinical applications to treat or prevent disease or disability, or potentially for
enhancement or modification of human traits beyond those considered typical of adequate health.

Washington Academy of Sciences.



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    This analysis was prepared by non-partisan legislative staff for the use of legislative
    members in their deliberations. This analysis is not a part of the legislation nor does it
    constitute a statement of legislative intent.

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Created by the Legislature in 2005, the Washington Academy of Sciences is a nonprofit
organization whose principal mission is to investigate, examine, and report on any subject of
science referred to the Academy by the Governor or the Legislature.

Summary of Bill:

The Washington Academy of Sciences is directed to establish a study committee to examine
scientific, ethical, and societal issues associated with human genome editing and to inform
legislative approaches to safe and ethically responsible uses of human genome editing.

The membership of the study committee must include:
     Ÿ Researchers and clinicians from relevant scientific disciplines;
     Ÿ Experts in the area of bioethics, ethics and public health, or ethics and the emerging
       biomedical technologies; and
     Ÿ Four legislative members to serve in a nonvoting observational capacity.

The study committee must solicit public participation and hold at least one meeting to provide a
public forum for diverse perspectives about human genome editing.

By October 1, 2021, the study committee must submit to the Legislature a report that
summarizes the activities and findings of the study committee and recommends the guiding
principles for regulating human genome editing.

Appropriation: None.

Fiscal Note: Requested on January 10, 2020.

Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the bill is
passed.




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