HOUSE COMMITTEE SPIKES STEM CELL AMENDMENT

By a 4-3 vote, the House Rules Committee on April 30 defeated a proposed ballot measure that sought to reverse a constitutional amendment voters narrowly ratified in November protecting embryonic stem cell research. HJR 11, sponsored by state Rep. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, would have asked voters to amend the Missouri Constitution again, this time to ban stem cell research. The committee’s action likely finishes the issue for the year. http://www.house.mo.gov/bills071/bills/hjr11.htm