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House approves HIV-related enhancements to sexual-offense statutes
Summary
Second Substitute House Bill 369 passed 55–15 after floor debate. The bill adds enhancements when a perpetrator is HIV positive and requires disclosure in certain sexual-offense contexts; sponsors said the measure responds to a specific incident and aims to protect potential victims, while some members warned it could stigmatize HIV-positive people.
On March 3, Representative Fossen presented second substitute House Bill 369, describing it as a cleanup and targeted enhancement to statutes dealing with nonconsensual sexual offenses and disclosure when a perpetrator is HIV positive. The sponsor said the measure cleans up problematic code and adds an enhancement and a disclosure requirement; the penalty for non-disclosure was described…
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