Resolution Number 227 Votes In 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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02/01/2019 Final Passage Vote Results

Adopted By Voice

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.

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