REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2022
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 1, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act of 2022 or the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2022
This bill addresses federal and state laws, policies, and regulations that may burden people living with HIV/AIDS.
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the White House Office of National AIDS Policy to initiate a national review of federal (including military) and state laws, policies, regulations, and judicial precedents and decisions regarding criminal and related civil commitment cases involving people living with HIV/AIDS. DOJ must transmit to Congress and make publicly available the results of such review with related recommendations.
The White House Office of National AIDS Policy must also develop and publicly release guidance to assist states with handling relevant cases. The office, DOJ, HHS, and DOD must transmit to the President and Congress any proposals necessary to implement adjustments to federal laws, policies, or regulations.
This bill shall not be construed to discourage the prosecution of individuals who act with the intent to do harm to another individual by intentionally transmitting HIV.
Cosponsors 74
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 1, 2021 to Dec 6, 2022; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 1, 2021 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 1, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 2, 2021 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Dec 1, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Dec 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 1, 2021Introduced in House
- Dec 1, 2021Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 207, December 1, 2021, page H6859.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1305 | REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2021 | Related bill | Apr 28, 2021 |
| S 4486 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 | Related bill | Jun 23, 2022 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To modernize laws and policies, and eliminate discrimination, with respect to people living with HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2022
- Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Administrative remedies
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Justice
- Detention of persons
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health information and medical records
- HIV/AIDS
- Intergovernmental relations
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Military law
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex offenses
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 1, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
