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Senate approves bill letting victims seek probable-cause HIV tests of alleged perpetrators, amid constitutional debate
Summary
House Bill 324 was amended and approved on the Senate floor to allow a judge, on probable cause and when the judge finds the alleged victim was likely exposed, to order HIV testing of an alleged perpetrator before conviction. Senators raised medical-timing and Fourth Amendment concerns during debate.
The Senate passed House Bill 324 after adopting an amendment that clarified the standard for probable cause for post-assault HIV testing of alleged perpetrators.
Sponsor Senator Adams told colleagues the bill shortens the time before a perpetrator can be tested — currently testing cannot be required until after conviction — and permits a judge, upon signing an arrest warrant or pickup order based on probable cause and finding that…
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