WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS DOCUMENT:

As part of an effort to educate policymakers and the public about sexually transmitted disease (STD) and HIV policy, our state policy team tracks and analyzes STD, HIV, and sexual health-related bills as they move through state legislatures across the country and composes an annual report. This report contains:

2016 LEGISLATIVE OVERVIEW

In 2016, there were approximately 75 STD, HIV, and sexual health-related bills introduced in state legislatures across the country. This is a significantly lower number of bills than in the past y ears. It seems that these issues were not at the forefront of legislators’ minds this year. Of those bills introduced, 18 state STD and HIV-related bills or resolutions  were passed or adopted in 2016, or approximately 24 percent. A full list of all STD-related legislation introduced in 2016 can be found at the end of this document. Among these bills and resolutions, three legislative highlights were identified. The 2016 legislative highlights include HPV vaccination regulation, cytomegalovirus, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) availability.