BILL NUMBER: AB 640	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 3, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to add Section 6720 to the Labor Code, relating to employee
safety  , and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 640, as amended, Hall. Employee safety: adult film industry:
local regulation.
   Existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1973, establishes the Division of Occupational Safety and Health for
the purpose of ensuring safe and healthful working conditions for
all Californians.
   This bill would, notwithstanding any other law, authorize a city,
county, or city and county to adopt and enforce a local ordinance
that protects against the exposure of workers to blood or other
potentially infectious materials during the filming or production of
an adult film, as defined. 
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 6720 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   6720.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the protection
of workers in the adult film industry is the responsibility of
multiple layers of government.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a city, county, or city and
county may adopt and enforce a local ordinance that protects against
the exposure of workers to blood or other potentially infectious
materials during the filming or production of an adult film.
   (c) For the purposes of this section, "adult film" means any
commercial film, video, multimedia, or other representation during
the production of which performers actually engage in sexual
intercourse, including, but not limited to, oral, vaginal, or anal
penetration, and including, but not limited to, any other sexual
activity that may result in the transmission of blood or any other
potentially infectious materials.
   (d) Violations of ordinances adopted pursuant to this section
shall not be subject to penalties set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing
with Section 6423).
   SEC. 2.    This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
 
   In order to protect workers in the adult film industry from an
imminent threat to public health as soon as possible, it is necessary
that this act take effect immediately.