Resolution Number 227 | Session 2018-2019
calling upon our elected officials to pass updates to the Missouri Revised Statutes to modernize problematic features of Missouri's HIV criminal laws in order to revise intent, recalibrate penalties proportional to harm
Resolution
A resolution calling upon our elected officials to pass updates to the Missouri Revised Statutes to modernize problematic features of Missouri's HIV criminal laws in order to revise intent, recalibrate penalties proportional to harm done, remove criminalization of actions that pose no risk of transmission, and reduce stigma by eliminating HIV-specific language in our criminal codes.
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Resolution Details
Resolution Session: | 2018-2019 |
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Primary Sponsors: | Annie Rice |
Co-Sponsors: |
Christine Ingrassia
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Committee | Health and Human Services |
02/01/2019 Final Passage Vote Results
Resolution adopted by voice.
In a voice vote, the chair notes the relative strength and volume of calls of aye and no. Voting by voice is done by the consent of the aldermen: a full roll call vote, in which each alderman must cast an individual vote, must be held if any alderman requests one.