SB 56

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. “Adult-entertainment

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.