HB380 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Phillip RigsbyRepresentative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Crimes and offenses; human cloning prohibited, criminal penalties provided

Summary

HB380 makes human cloning illegal in Alabama and imposes penalties, with limited exceptions for non-cloning research and certain assisted reproductive treatments.

What This Bill Does

HB380 criminalizes performing or attempting human cloning and prohibits participation in cloning-related activities. It also bans shipping, transferring, or receiving embryos, oocytes, fetuses, or somatic cells for cloning, with violations classified as Class C felonies. The act allows certain scientific research and some assisted reproductive treatments that do not involve cloning. It defines key terms and sets an effective date of October 1, 2025.

Who It Affects

• People who perform or attempt human cloning, or who participate in cloning efforts (including those who ship, transfer, or receive cloning-related materials) and could face Class C felony penalties.
• Researchers and medical professionals conducting non-cloning scientific research or certain assisted reproductive treatments that do not aim to clone a human.

Key Provisions

• Creates the crime of human cloning and makes it a Class C felony.
• Defines terms including embryo, fetus, oocyte, somatic cell, and human cloning, outlining multiple methods that would be considered cloning.
• Prohibits performing, attempting, or participating in human cloning, and prohibits shipping, transferring, or receiving embryos, oocytes, fetuses, or somatic cells for cloning.
• Provides exceptions: the act does not restrict certain scientific research not specifically prohibited, including some nuclear transfer research not involving cloning of a human.
• Effective date: October 1, 2025.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Crimes & Offenses