2024 Legislative Session

HIV Modernization bill HB: 436

House Rep. Aimee Freeman

During the regular 2024 Legislative Session, LCCH partnered with Rep. Aimee Freeman in an attempt to Modernize our current HIV Criminal law.

Our goal was to bring our existing HIV “exposure” law into closer alignment with modern science, and to narrow the definitions of “criminal intent” to limit the law’s ability to be used coercively against People Living With HIV.

Initial discussions about the bill in the House Criminal Justice Committee made it clear that additional education about HIV prevention, transmission, and treatment were needed in order for the legislators to have an adequately informed discussion about changing the law.

In light of this, LCCH opted to voluntarily defer the bill, and are now strategizing how to most effectively educate members of the House and Senate Criminal Justice Committees before attempting to reintroduce future legislation.

Join us at our monthly virtual Legislative Outreach Subcommittee Meetings at 11:00am CT every 1st Tuesday of the month to learn how you can get involved in developing our legislative strategy!

Please email our Statewide Coordinator at coordinator@lacch.org for more information.