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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 764

HIV Prevention Justice Act
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SPONSOR
Jones
FILED BY
Shevrin D. Jones — District 34, Democrat [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Health Policy

Filed under Healthcare.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

HIV Prevention Justice Act; Citing this act as the “HIV Prevention Justice Act”; reducing the degree of criminal penalty for certain persons who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and who donate blood, plasma, organs, skin, or other human tissue for use in another person; revising prohibitions relating to the intentional transmission of certain diseases through sexual conduct; revising requirements for HIV testing in cases involving criminal transmission of HIV, etc.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Downgrades intentional disease-transmission crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.

Cuts the crime of intentionally transmitting HIV or another listed disease through sexual conduct from a felony to a first-degree misdemeanor, and requires proof of intent, substantial risk, and actual transmission -- not just undisclosed sex.

Gives a full legal defense to someone who is following their doctor's treatment plan, or who offered to use protection and was refused, even if the disease is transmitted.

Also cuts the penalty for donating blood, plasma, organs, skin, or tissue while knowingly HIV-positive from a felony to a misdemeanor, and exempts donations a licensed physician deems medically appropriate.

Narrows mandatory HIV testing of convicted offenders by excluding saliva from what counts as body-fluid transmission, and repeals the Department of Health's authority to fine people for violating its disease rules.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Removes the felony tiers for disease-transmission crimes majors. 384.34

AIViolating the sexual-conduct disease-transmission law no longer carries a felony penalty. What used to be a third-degree felony for a first violation and a first-degree felony for repeat violations is now, for every violation, a first-degree misdemeanor.

“Any person who commits multiple violations of s. 384.24(2) commits a felony of the first degree” bill text, line 135 →
§ 2 Narrows the crime to require intent and actual transmission majors. 384.24

AIThe crime tied to sexual conduct now requires proof the person intended to transmit the disease, engaged in conduct posing a substantial risk of transmission, and actually transmitted it -- replacing a law that only required undisclosed sex while infected.

“act with the intent to transmit the disease, to engage in sexual conduct that poses a substantial risk of transmission”
§ 3 Makes treatment compliance a full defense to the charge majors. 384.24

AIA person does not act with the intent required for the crime if they are following a doctor's treatment plan or behavioral guidance, or if they offered to follow it and their partner refused.

“if he or she in good faith complies with a treatment regimen prescribed by his or her health care provider” bill text, line 95 →
§ 4 Cuts repeat HIV transmission from a felony to a misdemeanor majors. 775.0877

AIA person who tested positive, was told the results, and then commits a second qualifying offense such as sexual battery, incest, or a lewd or lascivious act used to face an added third-degree felony for criminal transmission of HIV. That add-on charge is now only a first-degree misdemeanor.

“commits criminal transmission of HIV, a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082” bill text, line 201 →
§ 5 Cuts HIV-positive tissue donation from a felony to a misdemeanor majors. 381.0041

AIDonating blood, plasma, organs, skin, or other tissue while knowingly HIV-infected drops from a third-degree felony to a first-degree misdemeanor, and is not a crime at all if a licensed physician deems the donation medically appropriate.

“for use in another person commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082” bill text, line 43 →
§ 6 Excludes saliva from mandatory offender HIV testing moderates. 775.0877

AIOnly offenses involving transmission of body fluids other than saliva now trigger a court order for mandatory HIV testing of a convicted offender, narrowing which cases require it.

“with the exception of saliva, from one person to another” bill text, line 155 →
§ 7 Repeals the department's $500 STD rule-violation fine moderates. 384.34

AIThe Department of Health's authority to fine people up to $500 per violation of its sexually-transmissible-disease rules, and to adopt rules enforcing that fine, is eliminated entirely.

“may be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 for each violation” bill text, line 128 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Health Policy
1/13/2026
Introduced
12/16/2025
Referred to Health Policy; Criminal Justice; Fiscal Policy
12/4/2025
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 381.0041
+11 / −0
s. 381.0041
+24 / −13
s. 384.23
+73 / −2
s. 384.24
+200 / −102
s. 384.34
+4 / −121
s. 775.0877
+16 / −30