Submitted by: www.JimBouder.org

A House committee passed a bill yesterday to fund embryonic stem-cell research after approving several amendments.

The House Health and Government Operations Committee approved the bill, 15-9, but lowered the amount of state money to be granted for the research from $25 million to $23 million. Among other changes were amendments addressing composition of the committee that would distribute the grants.

This week, the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee approved the bill but did not make the same amendments.