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H.B. 498 Bill Analysis
135th General Assembly
Click here for H.B. 498’s Fiscal Note
Version: As Introduced
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Carruthers
Effective date:
Shalanda Plowden, Research Analyst
SUMMARY
▪ Repeals the statute that makes selling or donating blood containing the virus that causes
AIDS a criminal offense.
DETAILED ANALYSIS
Repeal of criminal offense of selling or donating contaminated
blood
The bill repeals R.C. 2927.13, which prohibits selling or donating contaminated blood.
Under current law, a person with knowledge that the person is a carrier of a virus that causes
AIDS is prohibited from selling or donating the person’s blood, plasma, or a product of the
person’s blood, if the person knows or should know the blood, plasma, or product of the person’s
blood is being accepted for the purpose of transfusion to another individual.1 The penalty for
selling or donating contaminated blood is a fourth degree felony.2
HISTORY
Action Date
Introduced 04-22-24
ANHB0498IN-135/sb
1 R.C. 2927.13(A).
2 R.C. 2927.13(B).
October 15, 2024


Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 2927.13