SACRAMENTO, CA - A big change in adult testing procedures could come as soon as this Tuesday as a new assembly bill that could require production companies to pay for tests every two weeks goes to committee.

Introduced by Assembly Member Leslie in February of this year and amended on April 28, 2004, Bill #AB 2798 would make production companies liable for any sexually transmitted diseases passed between talent while working on their porn sets.

According to adult performer and attorney, Don Hollywood, "they want to test talent every two weeks and talent must have 60 days worth of clean tests on file with the production company they are working with. If a company doesn't have 60 days verified tests and anyone they work with contracts any form of STD, the production company they worked for will become civilly liable."

The bill also holds the performer liable should they falsify their tests in an effort to continue working.

If an STD is contracted, the performer may not work until the production company has received written notification from a MEDICAL doctor claiming that said performer is now CLEAN from this STD, not just "on the meds"--a common expression used to clear talent for work in the current system.

Should this bill pass, a severe blow to a lot of adult talent will occur in regards to the restricted STDs the government lists as CANNOT WORK DISEASES. Those STDs include:

(1) Chancroid. (2) Chlamydia. (3) Gonorrhea. (4) Hepatitis A virus. (5) Hepatitis B virus. (6) Hepatitis C virus. (7) Herpes simplex virus (HSV), also known as genital herpes. (8) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (9) Human papilloma virus (HPV), also known as genital warts. (10) Syphilis.

With the murmurs that a large number of well known performers carry Herpes simplex (HSV), but continue to work when not having an outbreak, a bill of this nature will force them to retire from on-camera sexual activity. The government will not allow an "no outbreak" clause. If it shows up on a performers test, that performer will not work.

In the past, it has never been industry standard to test for Herpes for work clearance. AIM Healthcare and regular physicians offer the test, but it has been voluntary. This new bill will make a test for all ten of the previous mentioned diseases mandatory.

Hollywood said, "It should be known that the ACLU and the Free Speech Coalition adamantly oppose this bill."

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that would wipe out 90 percent of talent.

yeah...that would be very VERY bad.

Luckily i don't have it. maybe i can become male talent now..LOL No one would be able to complain that im a fat bloated bald asshole then. oh and im sure id have wood problems with a billion people around. this will be actually a lucrative thing for me...LOL

Yeah,since I heard that 1/4 of adult performers have herpes and other non-HIV STDs,for this bill would be very bad for the industry and its fans.

i wouldnt say a 1/4 i would say more like 9/10ths...and thats because of the new girls...but give them a week and they are all the same

If the industry had a lobbyist this probably wouldn't be that hard to stop: just mention to the business trade groups the idea of thousands of whores collecting unemployment / disability / etc (whatever it is in CA) while suspended.

On the other hand this may look like a good vote for a lot of politicians. If they are challenged on the right come next election they can say they voted against the evil porn barons, yet even the most liberal voters won't quarrel with the idea that girls shouldn't work with those diseases.

That's interesting... there's always been that rumor going around since I first started that "oh god about 80% of talent has herpes and works when not having an outbreak" give me a break. I've spoke to AIM about this more than just a one time occasion and there is nothing that you can use as factual information to back that up.

HPV I can understand yes, but who knows about herpes. A couple months ago at AIM they had a two inch stack of herpes test results in which only a few resulted positive for a herpes outbreak. That's what I was told anyhow. Go figure.

Right you are,MrPoo,regarding all of the newer girls(that've been in the biz for two years or less)that are a lot more wilder,and very riskier when it comes to gonzo-style sex(anal creamipies,and all),unlike the clean-cut condoms-only image that the likes of Serenity brought in making porn more politically correct in the mid(and late)90s,for all of the newer ladies and upstart filmmakers(since the start of Extreme Associates)have brought in far more risker sexual antics back into porn that has not only caught up with the raunchiness of 70s poon cinema,but has far passed it with all of the fetish and anal-related antics that have surfaced in porn for the last six years,which has somehow made porn a lot more fun and better to watch,although I do miss the ambitous attempts at making actual plot movies that were prominent in the 70s,but yet do enjoy the gonzos,which give us a better insight on the behind-the-scenes aspects of your favorite performers and filmmakers that are involved in the industry.

I've got Herpes but around the mouth only ( herpes simples type 1 ), although I think it can possibly appear anywhere. Is this type of herpes simplex included in the proposed ban and would I get a positive test result for genital herpes? ( herpes simplex type 2 ) I got it when I was little after my sister caught it off some guy then got upset and rubbed it on all the rest of us kids to make her feel better:(
I know I am extremely careful about not spreading this virus. It is apparently a very fragile virus and can usually only be transmitted through direct skin to skin contact ( ie almost no chance you can catch it from a toilet seat etc )

Aside from Tom Byron, are there any other famous porn stars who openly have herpes?

I read an interview once where Tommy said it's just an accepted part of the biz.

Hmmm, I would openly say I have herpes but then that would be a lie. Aside from my regular testing through AIM my oncologist is always taking viles of blood for all kinds of testing. Not only every STD out there but even tuberculosis, anemias of any kind, and blood disorders other than the leukemia that I have and such. I haven't yet tested positive for the genital herpes virus even herpes 1.

I know my mom has oral herpes (herpes 1) but thank goodness I don't, haven't got one of those painful looking things. Although my body does tend to produce an over abundance of certain natural vaginal bacterias throwing off my ph balance, not only causing yeast infections but any other irritation but thats due to mostly the harsh chemicals of medication I take for cancer. As horny as I can be, i tend to be rather dry down there no matter what which sucks.

I also have a habit of sticking a form of food other than a veggie up my crotch and not thinking right away that I could get a yeast infection LOL one day ill learn. Last time it was licorice.

I've had chlamydia & gono. both at the same time, once in almost three years. I've had BV, bacterial vaginosis once too which was caused by my body not liking a particular lube I used in great amounts a while back. Not to mention, those nasty ass silicone toys that carry tons of bacteria regardless how well you clean them.

Now i wont use 'em anymore. Since I've been BV free. WOohoo... that's my STD history.

Nope. Still not turned off by you.

i dont have any opinion on it

it has its pros and cons. they should concentrate on making bills enforcing real life people with herpes then rather just picking on the xxx industry

there are already laws on the books regarding exposure to "blood or bodily fluid.. if you work in a hospital and accidently come in contact with someones blood you have to do incedents reports and all sorts ofthings to document the "accident".
most people say that performers are independant contracors and therefore are not subject to the same laws as employees... this notion is misguided.... the person who hires the "contractor" is the one who supplies the "workplace"(that is the "set"). as the entity that is in control of the workplace they have an obligation to make sure that no one in that workplace is exposed to any dangerous situation....just like a customer in a department store who gets hit in the head by something falling off a shelf, the "controlling" entity of that workplace is responsible.... the government does not need to pass any new regulations for porn...all they need to do is enforce the existing laws...why porn sets are not regulated like any other workplace i dont know....but if you are exposing others to potentially harmful bodily fluids as a normal course of work then you can be held accountable....what is going to happen when some performer one day decides to sue a production company for exposing them to blood borne pathogens...i think that would be an interesting case. aint america great...... rock on

Hey Herpe boy. Did you know that you can take the vitamin L-Lysene to help reduce the frequency of outbreaks? I dont think it is really a vitamin. I think it is more of an Amino Acid. Anyways you can get it at any grocery or drug sore...oops I mean store!
PHATBOY.

Hey PHATBOY... every time you post or send me a message your crack me up no matter what... are you ADHD?