PRINTER'S NO. 1446
No. 109 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY SALOOM, DALEY, SWEET, PETRARCA, CLARK, VAN HORNE,
GRUITZA, OLIVER, MANDERINO, OLASZ, D. R. WRIGHT, FREIND,
KUKOVICH, LETTERMAN, COHEN, COY, HUTCHINSON, LASHINGER,
WESTON, BOOK, PRESTON, CORDISCO, LIVENGOOD, CAWLEY, DeWEESE,
AFFLERBACH, STUBAN, KOWALYSHYN, RICHARDSON, HARPER,
RAPPAPORT, BELOFF, DONATUCCI, McINTYRE, LAUGHLIN, HONAMAN,
RYBAK, NOYE, DORR, KLINGAMAN, HERMAN, McHALE, MARKOSEK,
JAROLIN, BLAUM, KOSINSKI, HAYES AND EVANS, JUNE 21, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JUNE 22, 1983
A RESOLUTION
1 Providing for the appointment of a special committee to
2 investigate surrogate mothering.
3 WHEREAS, A surrogate parenting association operating in the
4 Commonwealth recently announced the birth of its first two
5 surrogate children; and
6 WHEREAS, The legal issues surrounding surrogate parenting are
7 complex; and
8 WHEREAS, Existing laws of the Commonwealth are inadequate to
9 meet the questions and issues involved in surrogate parenting;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth should have comprehensive and
12 thorough laws to govern all aspects of surrogate parenting;
13 therefore be it
14 RESOLVED, That the Speaker of the House of Representatives
15 appoint a special committee of House members, five from the
1 majority party and four from the minority party to study and
2 investigate all aspects of surrogate parenting and to recommend
3 appropriate legislation on the subject of surrogate parenting;
4 and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That the committee may hold hearings and take
6 testimony at such places as it deems necessary within the
7 Commonwealth. Each member of the committee shall have the power
8 to administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses appearing
9 before the committee; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That within 30 calendar days after the committee
11 has made its report, the chairman of the committee shall cause a
12 record of all expenses incurred by the committee, or the members
13 thereof, which are payable at Commonwealth expense, to be filed
14 with the Speaker of the House and the Speaker shall cause the
15 record to be entered in the journal. No expenses incurred by the
16 committee, or any member thereof, shall be reimbursable by the
17 Chief Clerk unless the expense has first been included as an
18 expense item in the record filed; and be it further
19 RESOLVED, That the committee report back as soon as its study
20 and investigation are completed together with its findings and
21 recommendations for legislation.
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