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• Introduced by Rep. Tom Casperson (R) on June 29, 2006, to authorize a $5 million appropriation of money paid to the state by tobacco companies as part of a lawsuit settlement for the statewide network of umbilical cord-blood stem cell banks proposed by House Bill 6291 or Senate Bill 1355.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on June 29, 2006.
    • Reported in the House on September 13, 2006, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on September 13, 2006, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that makes the $5 million an earmark from the "21st Century Jobs Fund", a $400 million program that gives subsidies to public entities and private businesses engaged in various “competitive edge” technologies, as defined by various government committees of individuals considered experts in such things, or as proposed in this case, by the legislature. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on September 13, 2006.
• Passed 74 to 32 in the House on September 13, 2006, to earmark $5 million from the "21st Century Jobs Fund" for the statewide network of umbilical cord-blood stem cell banks proposed by House Bill 6291 or Senate Bill 1355.
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• Motion by Rep. Chris Ward (R) on September 13, 2006, to give the bill immediate effect. The motion failed 71 to 34 in the House on September 13, 2006.
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• Motion by Rep. Chris Ward (R) on September 13, 2006. The motion failed 70 to 35 in the House on September 13, 2006.
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• Received in the Senate on September 14, 2006.
  • Referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee on September 14, 2006.
    • Reported in the Senate on November 30, 2006, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.