PRINTER'S NO. 1604
No. 1263 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, BRIGHTBILL, EARLL, GERLACH, HART,
LEMMOND, COSTA, HELFRICK, KASUNIC, KITCHEN, PUNT, RHOADES,
ROBBINS, SALVATORE, SLOCUM, TOMLINSON, WENGER AND WOZNIAK,
JANUARY 26, 1998
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 26, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting criminal transmission of
3 human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency
4 syndrome.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 2715. Criminal transmission of HIV/AIDS.
10 A person commits a felony of the third degree when he is
11 knowingly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive or
12 infected with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus
13 and he engages in sexual intercourse or shares a hypodermic
14 needle with the complainant, unless the complainant was informed
15 that the person is HIV positive or infected with the AIDS virus
16 and consented to the sexual intercourse or the sharing of a
17 hypodermic needle.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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