Indiana House Bill 1325 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Engrossed on February 21 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
Pending: Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Transmission of communicable diseases. Changes the following defined terms: (1) "carrier" to "individual with a communicable disease"; (2) "dangerous communicable disease" to "serious communicable disease"; and (3) "dangerous disease" to "serious disease". Specifies that an individual must intentionally meet all the delineated conditions to commit the offense of transmitting a communicable disease. Requires that for violations of the communicable disease laws: (1) an information or indictment alleging the violations be redacted in accordance with rules adopted by the Indiana supreme court; (2) the court close the proceedings; and; (3) the medical information of the parties is confidential. Removes the authority of a court to limit testing to a test only for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) if the defendant is charged with battery or domestic battery involving placing bodily fluid or waste on another person. Removes certain references to AIDS. Repeals the crimes of: (1) recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally donating, selling, or transferring blood or semen for artificial insemination that contains HIV; and (2) infecting an individual through the act of donating, selling, or transferring blood or semen. Makes conforming changes. Makes a technical correction.

Transmission of communicable diseases. Changes the following defined terms: (1) "carrier" to "individual with a communicable disease"; (2) "dangerous communicable disease" to "serious communicable disease"; and (3) "dangerous disease" to "serious disease". Specifies that an individual must intentionally meet all the delineated conditions to commit the offense of transmitting a communicable disease. Requires that for violations of the communicable disease laws: (1) an information or indictment alleging the violations be redacted in accordance with rules adopted by the Indiana supreme court; (2) the court close the proceedings; and; (3) the medical information of the parties is confidential. Removes the authority of a court to limit testing to a test only for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) if the defendant is charged with battery or domestic battery involving placing bodily fluid or waste on another person. Removes certain references to AIDS. Repeals the crimes of: (1) recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally donating, selling, or transferring blood or semen for artificial insemination that contains HIV; and (2) infecting an individual through the act of donating, selling, or transferring blood or semen. Makes conforming changes. Makes a technical correction.

Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Rep. Timothy Brown [R]	Rep. Robin Shackleford [D]	Rep. Anthony Cook [R]
Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Jean Breaux [D]

2019-02-20 - House - Third reading (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-05	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2019-02-21	House	Referred to the Senate
2019-02-20	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Becker and Breaux
2019-02-20	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 245: yeas 99, nays 0
2019-02-18	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-02-14	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2019-01-14	House	Coauthored by Representatives Brown T, Shackleford and Cook
2019-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Clere

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1325/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/4/3/d/143d8ce9/HB1325.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/7/6/c/f76c219d/HB1325.02.COMH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/b/0/e/5b0e1a98/HB1325.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/7/8/e/178e190d/HB1325.245.pdf