Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1355
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 16-41; IC 35-31.5-2-152.5; IC 35-42-2-1;
IC 35-45; IC 35-52-16-58.
Synopsis: Human immunodeficiency virus. Removes enhancements
for battery by body waste and malicious mischief with food based on
HIV contamination. Repeals offenses relating to semen or blood
containing HIV antibodies. Makes conforming amendments.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Clere, McNamara, Gore
January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL _____
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
criminal law and procedure.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 16-41-8-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.130-2021,
2 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "potentially disease
4 transmitting offense" means any of the following:
5 (1) Battery (IC 35-42-2-1) or domestic battery (IC 35-42-2-1.3)
6 involving placing a bodily fluid or waste on another person.
7 (2) An offense relating to a criminal sexual act (as defined in
8 IC 35-31.5-2-216), if sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct
9 (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-221.5) occurred.
10 The term includes an attempt to commit an offense, if sexual
11 intercourse or other sexual conduct (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-221.5)
12 occurred, and a delinquent act that would be a crime if committed by
13 an adult.
14 (b) Except as provided in this chapter, a person may not disclose or
15 be compelled to disclose medical or epidemiological information
16 involving a communicable disease or other serious disease (as set forth
17 in the list published under IC 16-41-2-1). This information may not be
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1 released or made public upon subpoena or otherwise, except under the
2 following circumstances:
3 (1) Release may be made of medical or epidemiologic information
4 for statistical purposes if done in a manner that does not identify
5 an individual.
6 (2) Release may be made of medical or epidemiologic information
7 with the written consent of all individuals identified in the
8 information released.
9 (3) Release may be made of medical or epidemiologic information
10 to the extent necessary to enforce public health laws, laws
11 described in IC 31-37-19-4 through IC 31-37-19-6, IC 31-37-19-9
12 through IC 31-37-19-10, IC 31-37-19-12 through IC 31-37-19-23,
13 and IC 35-38-1-7.1 and IC 35-45-21-1 or to protect the health or
14 life of a named party.
15 (4) Release may be made of the medical information of a person
16 in accordance with this chapter.
17 (5) Release may be made of the medical information or
18 epidemiologic information of a person to an Indiana nonprofit
19 entity that performs health data services for health care providers
20 if the state department:
21 (A) determines that the release is necessary as part of a
22 response to a public health event, including an outbreak,
23 epidemic, or pandemic; and
24 (B) executes a data use agreement with the entity that specifies
25 the permitted use and disclosure of any released information.
26 (c) Except as provided in this chapter, a person responsible for
27 recording, reporting, or maintaining information required to be reported
28 under IC 16-41-2 who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally discloses
29 or fails to protect medical or epidemiologic information classified as
30 confidential under this section commits a Class A misdemeanor.
31 (d) In addition to subsection (c), a public employee who violates this
32 section is subject to discharge or other disciplinary action under the
33 personnel rules of the agency that employs the employee.
34 (e) Release shall be made of the medical records concerning an
35 individual to:
36 (1) the individual;
37 (2) a person authorized in writing by the individual to receive the
38 medical records; or
39 (3) a coroner under IC 36-2-14-21.
40 (f) An individual may voluntarily disclose information about the
41 individual's communicable disease.
42 (g) The provisions of this section regarding confidentiality apply to
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1 information obtained under IC 16-41-1 through IC 16-41-16.
2 SECTION 2. IC 16-41-12-15, AS AMENDED BY P.L.56-2023,
3 SECTION 159, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
4 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 15. (a) A blood center shall require
5 a blood donor to provide to the blood center the following information:
6 (1) Name.
7 (2) Address.
8 (3) Date of birth.
9 (4) The blood donor's Social Security number, if the blood donor
10 is receiving monetary compensation for the donation.
11 (b) A blood center shall report the name and address of a blood
12 donor to the state department when a confirmatory test of the blood
13 donor's blood confirms the presence of antibodies to the human
14 immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
15 (c) A blood center shall provide to a blood donor information to
16 enable the blood donor to give informed consent to the procedures
17 required by this chapter or IC 16-36. The information required by this
18 subsection must be in the following form:
19 NOTICE
20 (1) This blood center performs a screening test for the human
21 immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on every donor's blood.
22 (2) This blood center reports to the Indiana Department of Health
23 the name and address of a blood donor when a confirmatory test
24 of the blood donor's blood confirms the presence of antibodies to
25 the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
26 (3) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally donates
27 (excluding self-donations for stem cell transplantation, other
28 autologous donations, or donations not intended by the blood
29 center for distribution or use), sells, or transfers blood that
30 contains antibodies for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
31 commits a criminal offense as described in IC 35-45-21-1.
32 SECTION 3. IC 16-41-14-13, AS AMENDED BY P.L.56-2023,
33 SECTION 160, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
34 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 13. A practitioner shall provide
35 information to a semen donor to enable the semen donor to give
36 informed consent to the procedures required by this chapter. The
37 information required by this section must be in the following form:
38 NOTICE
39 (1) This facility performs a screening test for the human
40 immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on every donor's blood.
41 (2) This facility reports to the Indiana Department of Health the
42 name and address of a semen donor or recipient when a
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1 confirmatory test of the semen donor's blood or the recipient's
2 blood confirms the presence of antibodies to the human
3 immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
4 (3) A person who, for the purpose of artificial insemination,
5 recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally donates, sells, or transfers
6 semen that contains antibodies for the human immunodeficiency
7 virus (HIV) commits a criminal offense as described in
8 IC 35-45-21-1.
9 SECTION 4. IC 16-41-14-17 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
10 1, 2025]. Sec. 17. (a) This section does not apply to a person who
11 transfers for research purposes semen that contains antibodies for the
12 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
13 (b) A person who, for the purpose of artificial insemination,
14 recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally donates, sells, or transfers semen
15 that contains antibodies for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
16 commits transferring contaminated semen, a Level 5 felony. The
17 offense is a Level 4 felony if the offense results in the transmission of
18 the virus to another person.
19 SECTION 5. IC 35-31.5-2-152.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE
20 JULY 1, 2025]. Sec. 152.5. "HIV", for purposes of IC 35-45-16, has the
21 meaning set forth in IC 35-45-16-1.
22 SECTION 6. IC 35-42-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.148-2024,
23 SECTION 24, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
24 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "public safety
25 official" means:
26 (1) a law enforcement officer, including an alcoholic beverage
27 enforcement officer;
28 (2) an employee of a penal facility or a juvenile detention facility
29 (as defined in IC 31-9-2-71);
30 (3) an employee of the department of correction;
31 (4) a probation officer;
32 (5) a parole officer;
33 (6) a community corrections worker;
34 (7) a home detention officer;
35 (8) a department of child services employee;
36 (9) a firefighter;
37 (10) an emergency medical services provider;
38 (11) a judicial officer;
39 (12) a bailiff of any court; or
40 (13) a special deputy (as described in IC 36-8-10-10.6).
41 (b) As used in this section, "relative" means an individual related by
42 blood, half-blood, adoption, marriage, or remarriage, including:
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1 (1) a spouse;
2 (2) a parent or stepparent;
3 (3) a child or stepchild;
4 (4) a grandchild or stepgrandchild;
5 (5) a grandparent or stepgrandparent;
6 (6) a brother, sister, stepbrother, or stepsister;
7 (7) a niece or nephew;
8 (8) an aunt or uncle;
9 (9) a daughter-in-law or son-in-law;
10 (10) a mother-in-law or father-in-law; or
11 (11) a first cousin.
12 (c) Except as provided in subsections (d) through (k), a person who
13 knowingly or intentionally:
14 (1) touches another person in a rude, insolent, or angry manner;
15 or
16 (2) in a rude, insolent, or angry manner places any bodily fluid or
17 waste on another person;
18 commits battery, a Class B misdemeanor.
19 (d) The offense described in subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2) is a Class A
20 misdemeanor if it:
21 (1) results in bodily injury to any other person; or
22 (2) is committed against a member of a foster family home (as
23 defined in IC 35-31.5-2-139.3) by a person who is not a resident
24 of the foster family home if the person who committed the offense
25 is a relative of a person who lived in the foster family home at the
26 time of the offense.
27 (e) The offense described in subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2) is a Level 6
28 felony if one (1) or more of the following apply:
29 (1) The offense results in moderate bodily injury to any other
30 person.
31 (2) The offense is committed against a public safety official while
32 the official is engaged in the official's official duty, unless the
33 offense is committed by a person detained or committed under
34 IC 12-26.
35 (3) The offense is committed against a person less than fourteen
36 (14) years of age and is committed by a person at least eighteen
37 (18) years of age.
38 (4) The offense is committed against a person of any age who has
39 a mental or physical disability and is committed by a person
40 having the care of the person with the mental or physical
41 disability, whether the care is assumed voluntarily or because of
42 a legal obligation.
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1 (5) The offense is committed against an endangered adult (as
2 defined in IC 12-10-3-2).
3 (6) The offense:
4 (A) is committed against a member of a foster family home (as
5 defined in IC 35-31.5-2-139.3) by a person who is not a
6 resident of the foster family home if the person who committed
7 the offense is a relative of a person who lived in the foster
8 family home at the time of the offense; and
9 (B) results in bodily injury to the member of the foster family.
10 (f) The offense described in subsection (c)(2) is a Level 6 felony if
11 the person knew or recklessly failed to know that the bodily fluid or
12 waste placed on another person was infected with hepatitis or
13 tuberculosis. or human immunodeficiency virus.
14 (g) The offense described in subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2) is a Level 5
15 felony if one (1) or more of the following apply:
16 (1) The offense results in serious bodily injury to another person.
17 (2) The offense is committed with a deadly weapon.
18 (3) The offense results in bodily injury to a pregnant woman if the
19 person knew of the pregnancy.
20 (4) The person has a previous conviction for a battery or
21 strangulation offense included in this chapter against the same
22 victim.
23 (5) The offense results in bodily injury to one (1) or more of the
24 following:
25 (A) A public safety official while the official is engaged in the
26 official's official duties, unless the offense is committed by a
27 person detained or committed under IC 12-26.
28 (B) A person less than fourteen (14) years of age if the offense
29 is committed by a person at least eighteen (18) years of age.
30 (C) A person who has a mental or physical disability if the
31 offense is committed by an individual having care of the
32 person with the disability, regardless of whether the care is
33 assumed voluntarily or because of a legal obligation.
34 (D) An endangered adult (as defined in IC 12-10-3-2).
35 (h) The offense described in subsection (c)(2) is a Level 5 felony if:
36 (1) the person knew or recklessly failed to know that the bodily
37 fluid or waste placed on another person was infected with
38 hepatitis or tuberculosis; or human immunodeficiency virus; and
39 (2) the person placed the bodily fluid or waste on a public safety
40 official, unless the offense is committed by a person detained or
41 committed under IC 12-26.
42 (i) The offense described in subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2) is a Level 4
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1 felony if it results in serious bodily injury to an endangered adult (as
2 defined in IC 12-10-3-2).
3 (j) The offense described in subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2) is a Level 3
4 felony if it results in serious bodily injury to a person less than fourteen
5 (14) years of age if the offense is committed by a person at least
6 eighteen (18) years of age.
7 (k) The offense described in subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2) is a Level 2
8 felony if it results in the death of one (1) or more of the following:
9 (1) A person less than fourteen (14) years of age if the offense is
10 committed by a person at least eighteen (18) years of age.
11 (2) An endangered adult (as defined in IC 12-10-3-2).
12 SECTION 7. IC 35-45-16-1 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
13 2025]. Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "HIV" refers to the human
14 immunodeficiency virus.
15 SECTION 8. IC 35-45-16-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.158-2013,
16 SECTION 545, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
17 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "body
18 fluid" means:
19 (1) blood;
20 (2) saliva;
21 (3) sputum;
22 (4) semen;
23 (5) vaginal secretions;
24 (6) human milk;
25 (7) urine;
26 (8) sweat;
27 (9) tears;
28 (10) any other liquid produced by the body; or
29 (11) any aerosol generated form of liquids listed in this
30 subsection.
31 (b) As used in this section, "infectious hepatitis" means:
32 (1) hepatitis A;
33 (2) hepatitis B;
34 (3) hepatitis C;
35 (4) hepatitis D;
36 (5) hepatitis E; or
37 (6) hepatitis G.
38 (c) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally places
39 human:
40 (1) body fluid; or
41 (2) fecal waste;
42 in a location with the intent that another person will involuntarily touch
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1 the body fluid or fecal waste commits malicious mischief, a Class B
2 misdemeanor.
3 (d) An offense described in subsection (c) is a:
4 (1) Level 6 felony if the person knew or recklessly failed to know
5 that the body fluid or fecal waste was infected with:
6 (A) infectious hepatitis; or
7 (B) HIV; or
8 (C) (B) tuberculosis; and
9 (2) Level 5 felony if:
10 (A) the person knew or recklessly failed to know that the body
11 fluid or fecal waste was infected with infectious hepatitis and
12 the offense results in the transmission of infectious hepatitis to
13 the other person; or
14 (B) the person knew or recklessly failed to know that the body
15 fluid or fecal waste was infected with tuberculosis and the
16 offense results in the transmission of tuberculosis to the other
17 person. and
18 (3) Level 4 felony if:
19 (A) the person knew or recklessly failed to know that the body
20 fluid or fecal waste was infected with HIV; and
21 (B) the offense results in the transmission of HIV to the other
22 person.
23 (e) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally places
24 human:
25 (1) body fluid; or
26 (2) fecal waste;
27 in a location with the intent that another person will ingest the body
28 fluid or fecal waste commits malicious mischief with food, a Class A
29 misdemeanor.
30 (f) An offense described in subsection (e) is:
31 (1) a Level 6 felony if the person knew or recklessly failed to
32 know that the body fluid or fecal waste was infected with:
33 (A) infectious hepatitis; or
34 (B) HIV; or
35 (C) (B) tuberculosis; and
36 (2) a Level 5 felony if:
37 (A) the person knew or recklessly failed to know that the body
38 fluid or fecal waste was infected with infectious hepatitis and
39 the offense results in the transmission of infectious hepatitis to
40 the other person; or
41 (B) the person knew or recklessly failed to know that the body
42 fluid or fecal waste was infected with tuberculosis and the
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1 offense results in the transmission of tuberculosis to the other
2 person. and
3 (3) a Level 4 felony if:
4 (A) the person knew or recklessly failed to know that the body
5 fluid or fecal waste was infected with HIV; and
6 (B) the offense results in the transmission of HIV to the other
7 person.
8 SECTION 9. IC 35-45-21-1 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
9 2025]. Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "blood" has the meaning set
10 forth in IC 16-41-12-2.5.
11 (b) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally donates,
12 sells, or transfers blood or semen for artificial insemination (as defined
13 in IC 16-41-14-2) that contains the human immunodeficiency virus
14 (HIV) commits transferring contaminated body fluids, a Level 5 felony.
15 (c) However, the offense under subsection (b) is a Level 3 felony if
16 it results in the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus
17 (HIV) to any person other than the defendant.
18 (d) This section does not apply to:
19 (1) a person who, for reasons of privacy, donates, sells, or
20 transfers blood at a blood center (as defined in IC 16-41-12-3)
21 after the person has notified the blood center that the blood must
22 be disposed of and may not be used for any purpose;
23 (2) a person who transfers blood semen, or another body fluid that
24 contains the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for research
25 purposes; or
26 (3) a person who is an autologous blood donor for stem cell
27 transplantation.
28 SECTION 10. IC 35-52-16-58 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
29 1, 2025]. Sec. 58. IC 16-41-14-17 defines a crime concerning
30 communicable diseases.
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