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HIV decriminalization stumbles in Georgia but advocates remain hopeful


Eric Paulk, deputy director of Georgia Equality
A bill reforming Georgia’s outdated HIV laws gained bipartisan support in a hyper-partisan atmosphere and came close to final passage during the legislative session this year.
But the legislation – Senate Bill 164 – stalled when an unrelated amendment was tacked on during the final day of the legislative session last month. 
Even though the bill didn’t pass, it moved further along the process than any other HIV reform effort in recent years. That leaves reform advocates encouraged that the bill will pass in 2022. 
“Sometimes in the work, we forget to celebrate. This was actually something to celebrate,” said Eric Paulk, deputy director of Georgia Equality.  ....

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Republican lawmaker wants to modernize Georgia's HIV laws


State Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, a Republican from Rome. (Photo courtesy Georgia Senate)
A Republican state lawmaker leads a bipartisan effort to modernize the state’s HIV laws, which critics say aren’t rooted in science and stigmatize people living with HIV.
Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, a Republican from Rome, introduced Senate Bill 164 on Feb. 11. The measure would require prosecutors to show a person charged with exposing someone to HIV through sex had an “intent to transmit HIV” and posed a “significant risk of transmission” based on current science. 
Current Georgia law makes it a crime for people living with HIV to have sex or donate blood without disclosing their status, regardless of whether they intend to transmit HIV or pose any risk. It’s a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. State law also criminalizes spitting at or using bodily fluids on law enforcement or corrections officers by a person living with HIV, an offense tha ....

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