Story from HINAC: Activists Win Legislative Overhaul of Colorado's HIV Criminalization Laws, Await Governor's Signature

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Activists Win Legislative Overhaul of Colorado's HIV Criminalization Laws, Await Governor's Signature

By Victoria Law
From TheBody.com

May 24, 2016

Members of the Colorado Mod Squad at the HIV Is Not A Crime II gathering (Credit: Victoria Law)

Members of the Colorado Mod Squad at the HIV Is Not A Crime II gathering (Credit: Victoria Law)


This month, people living with HIV in Colorado scored a major legislative victory when the state legislature voted to pass Senate Bill (SB) 146. The bill repeals two HIV criminalization statutes, reforms another and standardizes and modernizes statutory language addressing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV. SB 146. It now awaits Governor John Hickenlooper's signature.

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