Bill > AB60

Introduced Session

This bill creates requirements and prohibitions for adult-entertainment establishments. “Adult-entertainment establishment” is defined in the bill as a commercial establishment, business, or service that is distinguished by an emphasis on the offering of, or in which the predominant business or attraction is the offering of, sexually oriented material, devices, paraphernalia, or presentations or sexual activities, services, exhibitions, or performances. establishment” does not include health care facilities, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, or schools. The bill prohibits adult-entertainment establishments from being owned or operated by a person who has been convicted of certain offenses, such as prostitution, a sex offense against a child, or human trafficking, or who has been an owner or operator of an adult-entertainment establishment that was declared a public nuisance or that knowingly employed a victim of a human trafficking offense. The bill also prohibits adult-entertainment establishments from having employees under the age of 18. The bill also prohibits adult-entertainment establishments from knowingly allowing a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, certain obscenity laws, and certain sex or human trafficking laws to occur on the premises of the adult-entertainment establishment. The bill also requires adult-entertainment establishments to post a human trafficking poster created by the Department of Justice and a poster distributed by the federal Department of Homeland Security that provides human trafficking information in a prominent location for employees to view. The bill also requires adult-entertainment establishments to furnish a list of the adult-entertainment establishment's employees, operators, and owners to local law enforcement officials upon request. Adult-entertainment establishments or interested persons that violate the requirements or prohibitions of the bill are subject to a $10,000 forfeiture for each day the adult-entertainment establishment or interested person is in violation.

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Elijah Behnke (R)*,  Ty Bodden (R)*,  Janel Brandtjen (R)*,  Robert Donovan (R)*,  Rick Gundrum (R)*,  Dave Murphy (R)*,  Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D)*,  William Penterman (R)*,  Christine Sinicki (D)*,  Lisa Subeck (D)*,  Chuck Wichgers (R)*,  André Jacque (R), 

Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (on 04/15/2024)

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