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This bill establishes comprehensive legal provisions regarding adult cabaret performances in Missouri, creating new definitions and legal consequences for such performances. The legislation defines an "adult cabaret performance" as an entertainment event that contains sexually explicit content, occurring outside of traditional adult entertainment venues, and involving performers such as exotic dancers, strippers, or impersonators. The bill allows residents of a city, town, or village to bring civil lawsuits against adult cabaret performers who conduct performances on public property or in locations where they could be viewed by individuals under 18 years old. The law provides for potential damages, including punitive damages and attorney's fees, with courts able to grant injunctive relief. Additionally, the bill establishes criminal penalties, making a first offense a class A misdemeanor and subsequent offenses a class E felony. The legislation also preempts existing local ordinances that might conflict with these new provisions and prevents political subdivisions from creating conflicting regulations in the future. The bill extensively redefines and expands legal terminology related to sexually oriented performances, nudity, and explicit content, providing precise definitions for terms like "state of nudity" and "state of seminudity" to clarify the scope of the law.

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