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The House adopted a committee substitute to SB 200 (recorded vote showing 99 yays, 0 nays, 1 abstention reported during the procedure) and then recorded final passage as 101 ayes, 0 nays, 0 abstentions. Representative Robinson told members the change aligns with prior legislation (HB 360) and expands the model statewide.

Sponsor remarks described the change as a name and scope update rather than a substantive policy reversal. The transcript records adoption of the substitute and final passage with unanimous recorded tallies.

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A member carrying the measure for Senator Orr told the House the requirement begins in 2028 and applies to public entities when constructing a new restroom or totally renovating an existing restroom with renovations exceeding the annual-adjusted dollar threshold. The sponsor explained exemptions for public K–12 schools and public institutions of higher education and said the bill does not create a private right of action. The bill authorizes a grant program to assist public entities with installation costs that would be contingent on legislative appropriations.

‘‘What this bill would do is beginning in 2028, it would for any public entity or the construction a new public restroom, or for a totally renovated existing public restroom, require them to install a powered height adjustable adult size changing table that is capable of serving both a baby and an adult,’’ the carrier said on the floor.

Representative Almond called for final passage. The clerk recorded the final vote as 93 ayes and 2 nays; the House then announced SB 83 had passed.

The transcript does not include the bill's final statutory citation or an effective date beyond the sponsor’s floor statement that the requirement begins in 2028, nor does it list appropriation language for the grant program; sponsors said the grant program would depend on future legislative funding.

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Representative Philip Rigsby, the bill sponsor, argued the measure is needed to ‘‘put guardrails’’ around emerging genetic and reproductive technologies and to protect human dignity. ‘‘For the safety of our citizens, the integrity of medical science, and the preservation of human dignity, I urge us today to consider this legislation,’’ Rigsby said on the House floor.

The bill, as amended on the floor, prohibits reproductive or ‘‘fully developed’’ cloning and carries criminal penalties; the floor debate clarified the language to exclude laboratory research that produces tissue or organs rather than a fully developed human being. A floor amendment added the phrase ‘‘fully developed living organism’’ to the statutory definition of prohibited cloning; the amendment was adopted by voice and by recorded vote (79 ayes, 1 nay). A committee substitute had been adopted earlier (recorded 75 ayes, 0 nays). The final passage as substituted and amended was recorded as 71 ayes and 4 nays.

Lawmakers pressed for definitions and limits during hours of floor colloquy. One representative from Jefferson County said she was ‘‘very confused’’ and asked whether there was evidence cloning was taking place in Alabama. Rigsby acknowledged that researchers have successfully cloned animals, including the 1996 sheep ‘‘Dolly,’’ and said the state should act before human reproductive cloning becomes possible.

Members also debated how the bill would affect medical research. Representative Laura Hall (Madison County) questioned whether the bill would prohibit research that produces organs or tissues; Rigsby and amendment sponsors said the intent is to preserve ability for therapeutic research (organs, tissues) while outlawing the intentional creation of a cloned, fully developed human.

The final bill contains an express exclusion for in vitro fertilization (IVF) practices and fertility procedures. Under the adopted language, the statute does not apply to IVF, fertility drugs, or other assisted-reproduction procedures ‘‘unless performed with a specific intent to result in the gestation or birth of a child genetically identical to another embryo, fetus, or human being, living or dead.’’ Supporters said the change was aimed at protecting standard fertility practice; sponsors said it was requested by IVF providers.

Representative Rigsby characterized the measure as preventive: ‘‘My take is currently, there’s nothing to stop that from happening. So if we get to a point where that research would allow that to happen in a human, that’s what I’m trying to accomplish with this legislation.’’ Opponents and questioners repeatedly warned of unintended consequences for clinicians and patients if statutory language were unclear.

Action summary: the House adopted the committee substitute (recorded 75–0), approved a floor amendment adding ‘‘fully developed living organism’’ (79–1), and gave final passage to HB 380 as substituted and amended (71–4).

The bill text, as discussed on the floor, (1) defines prohibited cloning methods, (2) establishes criminal penalties for intentional reproductive cloning, (3) places an express exclusion for IVF and routine fertility procedures absent an intent to clone, and (4) preserves language permitting therapeutic research that produces tissue or organs rather than a completed human being. The transcript does not specify the exact class of felony by statutory citation beyond the floor comment that it is a criminal penalty (sponsor referred to ‘‘a class C felony’’ in colloquy). The bill was opened for cosponsors following final passage.

Lawmakers said the Legislature aimed to balance protection of human dignity against preserving legitimate medical and university research. The transcript contains no legislative effective date or implementing instructions beyond the statutory language and the IVF exclusion as adopted.

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Alabama House approves ban on human reproductive cloning after extended debate, adds IVF exemption