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House Roll Call 810, 100th Congress · September 22, 1988

TO AMEND THE DANNEMEYER, CA AMENDMENT TO HR 5142, AIDS FEDERAL POLICY, AN AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE STATES TO TEST ONLY THOSE PRISONERS IN CATEGORIES CONSIDERED HIGH RISK OF EXPOSURE TO AIDS WHEN THEY ENTER PRISON AND 30 DAYS BEFORE RELEASE AS A STIPULATION FOR RECEIVING FUNDS.

266 yea · 137 nay27 not voting or present
Democrat224 yea · 5 nay
Republican42 yea · 131 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5142

AIDS Federal Policy Act of 1988

Policy area: Health — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Health CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Mandatory prisoner testing does not directly expand or restrict health care coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.85): Limits mandatory prison AIDS testing to high-risk prisoners, reducing punitive requirements.

    Tagged by: keyword:prison

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (267)

Nay (137)

Not voting or present (27)

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