Florida House Bill 605 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on May 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-05 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Reclassifies criminal offense relating to donation of human tissue; deems certain actions unlawful if person acts with intent to transmit specified disease; requires person who commits offense involving transmission of specified bodily fluids to undergo HIV testing; permits, rather than requires, infected arrestee to request treatment for sexually transmissible disease; requires DOH to pay costs for screening; eliminates certain crimes related to prostitution; revises focus of section from testing of alleged perpetrators to medical treatment & care of victims who are at risk of HIV infection resulting from sexual assault.

Transmission of Disease Through Bodily Fluids

Sen. Shevrin Jones [D]

Sen. Manny Diaz [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-05	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2017-05-05	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2017-03-07	House	Introduced
2017-02-09	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Judiciary Committee
2017-02-01	House	Filed

S0628 (Similar To) 2017-05-05 - Died in Health Policy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
381	004		Amended Code	See Bill Text
381	0041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
384	23		Amended Code	See Bill Text
384	24		Amended Code	See Bill Text
384	34		Amended Code	See Bill Text
775	0877		Amended Code	See Bill Text
796	08		Amended Code	See Bill Text
921	0022		Amended Code	See Bill Text
951	27		Amended Code	See Bill Text
960	003		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/605
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0605/BillText/Filed/PDF