EXPLICIT EMPLOYMENT
House Bill 4450
Sponsor: Rep. Rep. Gerald Law
First Committee: Employment Relations,
Training and Safety
Second Committee: Constitutional Law
And Ethics
Complete to 11-9-99
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4450 AS INTRODUCED 4-13-99
The bill would create a new act to prohibit owners or operators of an adult entertainment establishment (defined in the bill to mean "a facility that exhibit[ed] or ma[de] available to patrons of the facility a sexually explicit performance") from employing people younger than 21 to engage in sexually explicit performances at that facility. The bill would define "sexually explicit performance" to mean "a live presentation that wholly or in part depicts nudity, sexual excitement, erotic fondling, sexual intercourse, or sadomasochistic abuse." The bill would not apply to such employment if a person under age 21 already was engaged in such work before the bill took effect. A person who violated the bill's provisions would be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to 90 days or a fine of up to $5,000, or both.
Analyst: S. Ekstrom