KS SB442

Amends K.S.A. 21-5424 to clarify that knowingly exposing another person to a life-threatening communicable disease through sexual intercourse or sodomy is a crime regardless of whether the sexual act itself was lawful or unlawful

Increases the penalty from a severity level 7 person felony to a severity level 4 person felony

Crime requires the individual to know they are infected and act with intent to expose another person to the disease

Additional prohibited conduct includes selling/donating infected blood, blood products, semen, tissue, or organs, and sharing hypodermic needles with intent to expose others

Definitions specify that "sexual intercourse" and "sodomy" refer only to penetration by the male sex organ, not other objects