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(AP) -- LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A state Senate committee could vote soon on legislation regulating stem cell research in Michigan. The bills pending in the Senate Health Policy Committee would establish reporting requirements and penalties for violations related to a 2008 voter-approved measure that relaxed state restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. The committee didn't vote on the bills Wednesday but might do so as early as Thursday.
Supporters of the new bills say lawmakers have a responsibility to define and clarify the constitutional amendment within state law.
But stem cell research supporters say the proposals go too far and would violate a portion of Proposal 2 that says state law cannot prevent, restrict, obstruct or discourage stem cell research that otherwise would be permitted.
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