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 Porn performer tells California Legislature she is HIV-positive A performer named Cameron Adams, who tested HIV-positive in 2013, testifies for a bill that would have required condom use in the adult film industry. A performer named Cameron Adams, who tested HIV-positive in 2013, testifies for a bill that would have required condom use in the adult film industry. Video courtesy of The California Channel 
 
 A performer named Cameron Adams, who tested HIV-positive in 2013, testifies for a bill that would have required condom use in the adult film industry. Video courtesy of The California Channel 

 "While we have come a long way with AIDS, you still have to take drugs for the rest of your life. You still have to bear the burden of the costs of the health care," Anderson said. "I get that this is the only disease that is treated that way, but I think any disease that you inflict on somebody against their will that permanently changes them should be a felony."
– Democratic lawmakers in California say they want to reduce the stigma surrounding HIV by changing the law. Under a bill championed by state Sen. Scott Weiner, it would no longer be a felony for a person with HIV to have unprotected sex without disclosing their status, the Los Angeles Times reports. "HIV-related stigma is one of our main obstacles to reducing and ultimately eliminating infections," Wiener said. “When you criminalize HIV or stigmatize people who have HIV it encourages people not to get tested, to stay in the shadows, not to be open about their status, not to seek treatment." The bill would make not disclosing HIV status, which currently carries a penalty up to seven years in prison, a misdemeanour Some 357 people were convicted of the crime in California between 1988 and 2014, almost all in cases involving prostitution, according to a study cited by the Times.Knowingly transmitting other diseases, including herpes and hepatitis, is a misdemeanour under California law. The bill's supporters say modern drugs mean HIV and AIDS are no longer a death sentence, or even easily transmissible through sex if someone is on the right medication. Republican state lawmakers oppose the change. "If I infect someone with a disease from which they’ll never recover, and I do it purposefully, should I not be punished to the fullest extent of the law? I believe you should be," state Sen. Joel Anderson tells the Sacramento Bee.