The REPEAL Act: How We Can End HIV Criminalization Together
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1 The REPEAL Act: How We Can End HIV Criminalization Together June 25, 2013 Jirair Ratevosian, U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) Bill McColl, AIDS United & Positive Justice Project Robert Suttle, Sero Project Moderator: Laura Thomas, Drug Policy Alliance & HIV PJA Follow the conversation on
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5 Today s Agenda Agenda & Opening Remarks Laura Thomas, Deputy State Director of the Drug Policy Alliance, Steering Committee Member for HIV PJA Overview on the Reintroduction of H.R. 1843: The REPEAL Act Jirair Ratevosian, Legislative Director for U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D- CA) Q&A with Jirair Legislative Advocacy for the REPEAL Act William McColl, Director of Political Affairs for AIDS United, Co-Chair of the Positive Justice Project s Federal Advocacy Working Group Clarifying Questions for Bill Grassroots Advocacy & Mobilization for the REPEAL Act Robert Suttle, Assistant Director at the Sero Project Clarifying Questions for Robert Q&A
6 H.R. 1843: Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act Introduced 5/7/2013 by Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) Presented by: Jirair Ratevosian, U.S. Representative Barbara Lee
7 H.R The bill requires Attorney General, the Secretary of Health, and the Secretary of Defense to: Work with state to review laws, policies and cases that impose criminal liability on people living with HIV Develop a set of best practices Issue guidance to states Monitor whether/how states change policies
8 Status of H.R Bipartisan, co-sponsored with Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) No cost legislation 27 co-sponsors (as of 6/24/2013) Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services
9 Small Victory! June 13-- Reps. Lee and Ros-Lehtinen offered an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act calling for a report on Uniform Code of Military Justice and recommendations for updating military laws and policies Amendment passed the House with Unanimous Consent
10 Legislative Advocacy for the REPEAL Act Next Steps & Legislative Targets Presented by: Bill McColl, AIDS United
11 Criminalization Next Steps Many groups are working to accomplish 3 main goals Sign on co-sponsors in the House Seeking Republicans first Seeking Bipartisan Introduction in the Senate Working to secure Senate champions Judiciary Committee Task Force on Overcriminalization
12 Judiciary Committee Overcriminalization Task Force is focused on federal issues Need to show that this is also a federal problem The HOPE Act Mens Rea (legal term for criminal intent) The Task Force could use real life examples of issues Task force exists in 6 month increments Likely to be extended First hearing was 6/14/13
13 Judiciary Committee - Overcriminalization Information on the task force: Committee Members Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-Va.). Reps. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) George Holding (R-N.C.) Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) Karen Bass (D-Calif.) Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) are Ex officio members.
14 Judiciary Committee - Cont The committee will look at REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act separately Will help to ensure as many members as possible are invested in the REPEAL HIV Act All Committee Members can be found here:
15 H.R Target List Possible Republican Co-Sponsors Chris Gibson (R-NY) Walter Jones (R-NC) Justin Amash (R-MI) Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) Pat Meehan (R-PA) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) <already cosponsor> Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
16 H.R Target List Possible Republican Co-Sponsors Cont. Chris Smith (R-NJ) Michael Grimm (R-NY) Charlie Dent (R-PA) Don Young (R-AK) Dave Reichert (R-WA) Peter King (R-NY) Jon Runyan (R-NJ) John Duncan (R-TN)
17 UCMJ Amendment Next Steps Add to National Defense Authorization Bill in the Senate Prior to Conference During Conference Keep an eye out for Next Step Alerts
18 Other Federal Level Issues DOJ and CDC Report on Criminalization CHLP Toolkit - view/844 Look for similar toolkits with many other organizations USCA Look for several panels on criminalization from various partners
19 Special Thanks to PJP Federal Working Group AIDS United s work on criminalization is done in coordination with the Positive Justice Project of which AIDS United is a member If you are interested in joining a working group of the Positive Justice Project, please contact us at pjp@hivlawandpolicy.org
20 Grassroots Advocacy & Mobilization for the REPEAL ACT What You Can Do as an Advocate Presented by: Robert Suttle, Sero Project
21 What You Can Do Support HIV Criminalization reform Encourage your legislator to co-sponsor HR 1843 Endorse PACHA resolution, PJP Consensus Statement Educate your communities (forums, conferences, speakers) Encourage viewing of HIV is Not a Crime short film Convene stakeholders to develop strategy Work as hard to eliminate factors that drive stigma and are cultural barriers to testing as you do to promote testing and removal of institutional barriers to testing
22 Become an Advocate 22
23 Become an Advocate Join in lively discussions on Sero listserv send request to be added at: LIKE Sero on Facebook Follow us on Join our list, for updates and local alerts through our website at:
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25 Questions? You may also your questions to
26 Stay Informed, Visit & Connect: Sero Project: Join the Sero listserv, Follow Sero on Positive Justice Project: Endorse REPEAL: Sign the PACHA Consensus Statement: REPEAL Outreach Toolkit: HIV Prevention Justice Alliance: Stay up to date on advocacy opportunities with our blasts! Follow HIV PJA on
27 Thank you!
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