HB 1291 Summary

• Defines "adult oriented business" to include adult cabarets, seminude model studios, and sexual encounter centers, with detailed definitions of terms like "seminude" and "operator."

• Prohibits employment of persons under 21 years of age on adult oriented business premises; violations constitute a Class A infraction, or a Level 6 felony if committed knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly; operators must keep photocopies of employee identification.

• Makes it a Class B infraction for an adult oriented business operator to knowingly employ intoxicated or drug-impaired employees on the premises.

• Classifies adult oriented businesses that repeatedly violate chapter requirements as indecent nuisances subject to abatement under existing nuisance laws.

• Elevates the crime of patronizing a prostitute from a Class A misdemeanor to a Level 6 felony when committed on the premises of an adult oriented business or upon a second conviction.

• Effective July 1, 2014; allows political subdivisions to enact stricter local regulations.