HB 2026 -- Sexually Oriented Businesses

Sponsor:  Emery

This bill regulates sexually oriented businesses by making the
following actions class A misdemeanors:

(1)  Knowingly and intentionally appearing nude or depicting,
simulating, or performing specified sexual activities in a
sexually oriented business;

(2)  Knowingly or intentionally appearing in a sexually oriented
business in a seminude condition unless the person is an employee
who is at least 10 feet from a customer, on a stage at least two
feet from the floor, and behind a railing no less than 24 inches
in height;

(3)  Soliciting any pay or gratuity from any customer by a
seminude employee of a sexually oriented business or any customer
paying a seminude employee; or

(4)  Touching a customer or the clothing of a customer by a
seminude employee of a sexually oriented business.

No sexually oriented business may remain open between 10:00 p.m.
and 10:00 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays.  Sexually oriented
businesses must be closed on Sundays and all official state and
federal holidays.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:11 pm