Wasn’t SB239 mostly passed so that people whose HIV treatment has rendered it untransmissible can resume normal sexual activity without having to warn everyone

Wasn’t SB239 mostly passed so that people whose HIV treatment has rendered it untransmissible can resume normal sexual activity without having to warn everyone they hook up with? I’d agree it’s a weird way to go about it - probably would be better to just make it not a crime at all if HIV has reached undetectable levels in your blood for at least six months instead of reducing it to a misdemeanor for everyone with HIV - but I often see people bring up this law without the context of the advancements in HIV treatment that motivated it. Edit: Looks like it was mostly passed because the prior laws were almost exclusively used to charge sex workers with felonies when they’re brought in for minor charges like solicitation - they’d get convicted for solicitation, forcibly tested for HIV, and then get their misdemeanor solicitation charge upgraded to a felony if they tested positive, even if there’s no evidence they were going to engage in activity with a high risk of transmission or not take precautions to prevent transmission. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/10/09/knowingly-infecting-others-with-hiv-is-no-longer-a-felony-in-california-advocates-say-it-targeted-sex-workers/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/1...