HB 873 -- ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

CO-SPONSORS:  Hendrickson, Miller, Alter

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Public
Safety and Law Enforcement by a vote of 16 to 0.

This bill regulates adult establishments.  The bill:

(1)  Prohibits minors from loitering in adult establishments,
including parking lots;

(2)  Requires all adult establishments to be well lit, and
continuously and physically arranged to make the interior
clearly visible from the common areas.  Also, enclosed booths,
cubicles, rooms, or stalls with doors or curtains for private
viewing purposes are prohibited within adult establishments.  In
addition, any area used for viewing sexual materials or
performances must be well lit, as specified by the bill, readily
accessible, and open to view at all times;

(3)  Prohibits the placement of a hole in a wall constructed to
aid sexual conduct between persons on either side of the wall or
partition;

(4)  Makes the operator vicariously liable for the acts or
omissions of an employee who violates the provisions of this
legislation;

(5)  Makes all adult establishments open to inspection at
reasonable times by inspectors, as defined by the bill;

(6)  Allows injunctions to abate violations of this legislation
by the Attorney General, or a county or municipal prosecutor; and

(7)  Makes violators of this legislation guilty of a class A
misdemeanor for the first offense and a class D felony for a
second or subsequent offense.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill provides for the
health and safety of the public by prohibiting closed booth
viewing areas and allowing adult establishments to be open to
inspection.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Hendrickson; and
Missouri Family Network.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Sarah Madden, Legislative Analyst

HB 873 -- Adult Entertainment

Co-Sponsors:  Hendrickson, Miller, Alter

This bill regulates adult establishments.  The bill:

(1)  Prohibits minors from loitering in adult establishments,
including parking lots;

(2)  Requires all adult establishments to be well lit, and
continuously and physically arranged to make the interior
clearly visible from the common areas.  Also, enclosed, booths,
cubicles, rooms or stalls with doors or curtains for private
viewing purposes are prohibited within adult establishments.  In
addition, any area used for viewing sexual materials or
performances must be well lit, as specified by the bill, readily
accessible and open to view at all times;

(3)  Prohibits the placement of a hole in a wall constructed to
aid sexual conduct between persons on either side of the wall or
partition;

(4)  Makes the operator vicariously liable for the acts or
omissions of an employee who violates the provisions of this
legislation;

(5)  Makes all adult establishments open to inspection at
reasonable times by inspectors, as defined by the bill;

(6)  Allows injunctions to abate violations of this legislation
by the Attorney General, or a county or municipal prosecutor; and

(7)  Makes violators of this legislation guilty of a class A
misdemeanor for the first offense and a class D felony for a
second or subsequent offense.