REPORT TITLE:
Penal Code; HIV


DESCRIPTION:
Establishes, as a class C felony, the offense of infecting
another with the human immunodeficiency virus by knowingly
injecting the person with a syringe containing HIV.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.
 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 707, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "§707-    Infecting another with the human immunodeficiency
 
 5 virus.  (1)  A person commits the offense of infecting another
 
 6 with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) if the person
 
 7 knowingly infects another person with HIV by injecting them with
 
 8 a syringe containing HIV.
 
 9      (2)  Infecting another with the human immunodeficiency virus
 
10 is a class C felony."
 
11      SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that
 
12 matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were
 
13 begun, before its effective date.
 
14      SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
15      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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17                           INTRODUCED BY:_________________________