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House Roll Call 811, 100th Congress · September 22, 1988

TO AMEND HR 5142, AIDS FEDERAL POLICY, AS AMENDED BY THE SKELTON, MO AMENDMENT, TO REQUIRE STATES TO TEST 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.

397 yea · 3 nay30 not voting or present
Democrat223 yea · 3 nay
Republican173 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 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) Prisoner AIDS testing requirements do not address health care coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.85): Mandates AIDS testing for high-risk prisoners, adding punitive requirements in state corrections.

    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 (398)

Nay (3)

Not voting or present (30)

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