Bill Text: CA AB1963 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California State University and University of California: gene synthesis providers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-08-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 179, Statutes of 2022. [AB1963 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB1963-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1963

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Introduced by Assembly Member Salas

February 10, 2022

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An act to add Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 66360) to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1963, as introduced, Salas. California State University and University of California: gene synthesis providers.

Existing law establishes the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state.

This bill would, beginning January 1, 2023, require any California State University campus or University of California campus to purchase gene synthesis products from a gene synthesis provider, and gene synthesis equipment from a manufacturer of gene synthesis equipment, only if they are a current member of the International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC), as defined. The bill would require each campus of the California State University or the University of California that purchases gene synthesis products or gene synthesis equipment to appoint a faculty member to ensure that gene synthesis products and gene synthesis equipment is purchased from a current member of the IGSC.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 66360) is added to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:

CHAPTER  5.7. Gene Synthesis Providers

66360.

 For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply:

(a) “Current member” means a current member of the International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC) who is a certified member of that organization and includes voting members, small company members, and nonprofit members. It does not include provisional associate members or any other membership tier where the entity does not implement an IGSC tested and approved screening system.

(b) “Gene synthesis equipment” means equipment needed to produce gene synthesis products that is not readily used for any other purpose.

(c) “Gene synthesis product” is double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), double-stranded nucleic acids, RNA, or oligonucleotides, designed and created without an existing DNA template.

(d) (1) “Gene synthesis provider” means an entity that does any of the following:

(A) An entity that creates gene synthesis products for delivery to a customer.

(B) A distributor of gene synthesis products, including, but not limited to, entities who manufacture gene products for use by other parties, both inside and outside of the entity.

(C) A third-party entity that is not the end user of a gene synthesis product and does not make gene synthesis products, but otherwise fills, completes, modifies, or purifies gene synthesis products.

(2) “Gene synthesis provider” does not include a research scientist making gene synthesis products for the research scientist’s own use or for use by another research scientist or an entity that manufactures gene synthesis products for the entity’s own use.

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 (a) Beginning January 1, 2023, any California State University campus or University of California campus shall purchase gene synthesis products from a gene synthesis provider, and gene synthesis equipment from a manufacturer of gene synthesis equipment, only if they are a current member of the IGSC, as defined.

(b) An entity that does not comply with subdivision (a) may have access to all state resources revoked for the duration of the noncompliance.

(c) Each campus of the California State University or the University of California that purchases gene synthesis products or gene synthesis equipment shall appoint a faculty member to ensure that gene synthesis products and gene synthesis equipment is purchased from a current member of the IGSC, as defined.