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HB 76 Original 2025 Regular Session Moore
Abstract: Creates the crimes of felony and misdemeanor intentional exposure to a sexually
transmitted disease.
Proposed law provides that the crime of felony intentional exposure to a sexually transmitted disease
is when a person with an incurable sexually transmitted disease infects another person without that
person's knowledge of the disease.
Proposed law provides penalties based on the age of the victim and offender or on a diagnosed
intellectual disability of the victim.
Proposed law provides affirmative defenses to the crime of felony intentional exposure to a sexually
transmitted disease.
Proposed law provides that a convicted offender, after serving his sentence, shall be electronically
monitored by the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections for the remainder of his natural life.
Proposed law provides for methods of paying for electronic monitoring.
Proposed law provides that the crime of misdemeanor intentional exposure to a sexually transmitted
disease is when a person with a curable sexually transmitted disease infects another person without
that person's knowledge of the disease.
Proposed law provides for penalties for misdemeanor intentional exposure to a sexually transmitted
disease.
(Adds R.S. 14:43.5.1 and 43.5.2)