Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 836

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Relating to: requirements for adult-entertainment establishments and providing for a penalty.

Crime and criminals Justice department of Obscenity Retail establishment

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Senate, not reached
Passes Assembly, not reached
Governor signs, not reached
Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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 offers sexually oriented

material, devices, paraphernalia, or presentations or sexual activities, services,

exhibitions, or performances.

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, or employees who have been the victim of certain sex or human

trafficking offenses. The bill also prohibits adult-entertainment establishments

from knowingly allowing a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act or

certain obscenity laws 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 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 that violate the requirements or prohibitions of this bill are subject

to a $10,000 forfeiture for each day the adult-entertainment establishment is in

violation.

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Feb 9, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0