Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has signed into law a bill that modernizes some of Georgia’s rules around HIV-status disclosure.
Under the prior law, any person living with HIV who did not disclose positive HIV status prior to a sexual act could face a felony charge punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
The revised law is narrower in scope. Now, Georgia law penalizes only those sexual acts performed by a person living with HIV “with the intent to transmit HIV” when the act “has a significant risk of transmission based on current scientifically supported levels of risk transmission.”
State Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, R-Rome, initially sponsored the bill in the Senate.
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