Previously, Illinois was one of 37 states that criminalized HIV exposure in some form, according to a review last year from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A mix of Democratic- and Republican-controlled states — California, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina and Virginia among them — have updated their laws in recent years, but Illinois becomes the first state to fully repeal its law since Texas did so in 1994.
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