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April 24, 2013

UPDATED: AB 332 Faced Death in Committee, But Passes

SACREMENTO, Calif.—Assembly Bill 332 hit the floor of the California State Assembly's Labor and Employment Committee this afternoon, where at post time it remains one vote shy of passing. Two of the seven committee members were absent when the Bill was called to vote, while one abstained and another entered no vote. There were three "aye" votes, one short of the four needed to pass AB 332 through to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The Bill remains in "on call" status until final roll call of the Committee is taken today. Representatives from the adult industry speaking out against the Bill's passage far outnumbered those who spoke in support of it. Those present who voiced their opposition included Lydia Lee (aka Julie Meadows), Remmett Studios partner Lorenzo Marr, Hot House's Steven Scarborough, performer/director Bobbi Starr, Ariel X, producer Mo Reese, Mr. Pam, Damon Dogg, Nick Moretti, Mark Sterling, Scott Morris, Singer Blake, Jimmy Durano, Jacob Rodriguez, and a sizeable contingent from Kink.com. Lobbyists speaking in favor of the Bill included its author, Congressman Isadore Hall III, AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Whitney Engeran-Cordova and Mark McGrath, UCLA's Adam Cohen, medical and reproductive health advocate Shannon Smith-Crowley, and former adult performers Derrick Burts, Darren James, Hayden Winters and Jessie Rogers. UPDATE 5:00 p.m. AB 332 passed the California State Assembly Labor and Employment Committee when revisited during final roll call, receiving two additional "aye" votes from Assemblymembers Luis Alejo and Chris Holden, thus putting it over the four affimative votes needed to move along.

 
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