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-EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
-and is intended to be omitted in the law.
-SECOND REGULAR SESSION
-SENATE BILL NO. 1164
-103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
-INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BRATTIN.
-5210S.02I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
+5210S.04C
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+SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
+FOR
+SENATE BILLS NOS. 1164 & 1476
AN ACT
-To repeal section 573.010, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to judicial
-proceedings, with penalty provisions.
+To repeal sections 67.2540, 226.531, and 573.010,
+RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof five new sections
+relating to adult cabaret performances, with penalty
+provisions.
+
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
- Section A. Section 573.010, RSMo, is repealed and three 1
-new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 2
-537.048, 573.010, and 573.520, to read as follows:3
- 537.048. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
-terms mean: 2
- (1) "Actions or materials that appeal to a prurient 3
-interest in sex", actions or materials that are 4
-characterized by, fixate on, depict, or exhibit sex, 5
-sexually explicit content, sexual desire, a state of nudity 6
-or state of seminudity, or obscene or pornographic material; 7
- (2) "Adult cabaret establishment", a nightclub, bar, 8
-restaurant, or similar establishment in which persons 9
-regularly appear in a state of nudity or a state of 10
-seminudity in the performance of their duties; 11
- (3) "Adult cabaret performance", a performance in a 12
-location, other than an adult cabaret establishment, by an 13
-adult cabaret performer and which contains actions or 14
-materials that appeal to a prurient interest in sex; 15
- (4) "Adult cabaret performer", an entertainer who 16
-provided an adult cabaret performance, including, but not 17
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-limited to, a topless dancer, go-go dancer, exotic dancer, 18
-stripper, or male or female impersonator; 19
- (5) "State of nudity", the showing of the human 20
-genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, anal cleft, or female 21
-breast less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the 22
-nipple or areola; 23
- (6) "State of seminudity", a state of dress in which 24
-opaque clothing fails to cover the human genitals, pubic 25
-area, vulva, anus, anal cleft, nipple and areola of the 26
-female breast below a horizontal line across the top of the 27
-areola at its highest point and extending across the width 28
-of the breast at such point, or the showing of the 29
-buttocks. The term "state of seminudity" shall include the 30
-entire lower portion of the female breast, but shall not 31
-include any portion of the cleavage of the human female 32
-breast exhibited by wearing apparel provided the areola is 33
-not exposed in whole or part. 34
- 2. Any person who is a resident of the city, town, or 35
-village where an adult cabaret performance is conducted 36
-shall have a cause of action for damages or relief, as 37
-specified in subsection 3 of this section, against an adult 38
-cabaret performer whose adult cabaret performance, proven by 39
-a preponderance of the evidence, contains actions or 40
-material that appeal to a prurient interest in sex and that 41
-occur: 42
- (1) On public property; or 43
- (2) In a location where the adult cabaret performance 44
-could be viewed by a person who is under the age of eighteen. 45
- 3. A court may award any damages or injunctive relief 46
-as it deems necessary, including any actual damages, 47
-punitive damages, and reasonable attorney's fees, to a 48
-prevailing plaintiff, except no damages, apart from nominal 49
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-damages, shall be awarded in more than one action arising 50
-out of a single occurrence. 51
- 4. Any action pursuant to subsection 2 of this section 52
-shall be brought in the circuit court of the county where 53
-the adult cabaret performance occurred. Any person entitled 54
-to bring an action pursuant to subsection 2 of this section 55
-may institute an action as a representative of a class 56
-against one or more defendants. 57
- 573.010. As used in this chapter the following terms 1
-shall mean: 2
- (1) "Adult cabaret", a nightclub, bar, juice bar, 3
-restaurant, bottle club, or other commercial establishment, 4
-regardless of whether alcoholic beverages are served, which 5
-regularly features persons who appear semi-nude; 6
- (2) "Adult cabaret performance", a performance in a 7
-location other than an adult cabaret that features topless 8
-dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or 9
-female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals 10
-to a prurient interest, or similar entertainers who provide 11
-entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest in sex, 12
-regardless of whether performed for consideration; 13
- (3) "Characterized by", describing the essential 14
-character or dominant theme of an item; 15
- [(3)] (4) "Child", any person under the age of 16
-fourteen; 17
- [(4)] (5) "Child pornography": 18
- (a) Any obscene material or performance depicting 19
-sexual conduct, sexual contact as defined in section 20
-566.010, or a sexual performance and which has as one of its 21
-participants or portrays as an observer of such conduct, 22
-contact, or performance a minor; or 23
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- (b) Any visual depiction, including any photograph, 24
-film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated 25
-image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, 26
-mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct 27
-where: 28
- a. The production of such visual depiction involves 29
-the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; 30
- b. Such visual depiction is a digital image, computer 31
-image, or computer-generated image that is, or is 32
-indistinguishable from, that of a minor engaging in sexually 33
-explicit conduct, in that the depiction is such that an 34
-ordinary person viewing the depiction would conclude that 35
-the depiction is of an actual minor engaged in sexually 36
-explicit conduct; or 37
- c. Such visual depiction has been created, adapted, or 38
-modified to show that an identifiable minor is engaging in 39
-sexually explicit conduct. "Identifiable minor" means a 40
-person who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was 41
-created, adapted, or modified; or whose image as a minor was 42
-used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual 43
-depiction; and who is recognizable as an actual person by 44
-the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing 45
-characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other 46
-recognizable feature. The term identifiable minor shall not 47
-be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the 48
-identifiable minor; 49
- [(5)] (6) "Employ", "employee", or "employment", any 50
-person who performs any service on the premises of a 51
-sexually oriented business, on a full-time, part-time, or 52
-contract basis, whether or not the person is denominated an 53
-employee, independent contractor, agent, or otherwise. 54
-Employee does not include a person exclusively on the 55
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-premises for repair or maintenance of the premises or for 56
-the delivery of goods to the premises; 57
- [(6)] (7) "Explicit sexual material", any pictorial or 58
-three-dimensional material depicting human masturbation, 59
-deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, direct 60
-physical stimulation or unclothed genitals, sadomasochistic 61
-abuse, or emphasizing the depiction of postpubertal human 62
-genitals; provided, however, that works of art or of 63
-anthropological significance shall not be deemed to be 64
-within the foregoing definition; 65
- [(7)] (8) "Furnish", to issue, sell, give, provide, 66
-lend, mail, deliver, transfer, circulate, disseminate, 67
-present, exhibit or otherwise provide; 68
- [(8)] (9) "Material", anything printed or written, or 69
-any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture film, 70
-videotape or videotape production, or pictorial 71
-representation, or any recording or transcription, or any 72
-mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction, or stored 73
-computer data, or anything which is or may be used as a 74
-means of communication. Material includes undeveloped 75
-photographs, molds, printing plates, stored computer data 76
-and other latent representational objects; 77
- [(9)] (10) "Minor", any person less than eighteen 78
-years of age; 79
- [(10)] (11) "Nudity" or "state of nudity", the showing 80
-of the human genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, anal cleft, 81
-or the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering 82
-of any part of the nipple or areola; 83
- [(11)] (12) "Obscene", any material or performance if, 84
-taken as a whole: 85
- (a) Applying contemporary community standards, its 86
-predominant appeal is to prurient interest in sex; and 87
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- (b) The average person, applying contemporary 88
-community standards, would find the material depicts or 89
-describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and 90
- (c) A reasonable person would find the material lacks 91
-serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; 92
- [(12)] (13) "Operator", any person on the premises of 93
-a sexually oriented business who causes the business to 94
-function, puts or keeps the business in operation, or is 95
-authorized to manage the business or exercise overall 96
-operational control of the business premises. A person may 97
-be found to be operating or causing to be operated a 98
-sexually oriented business whether or not such person is an 99
-owner, part owner, or licensee of the business; 100
- [(13)] (14) "Performance", any play, motion picture 101
-film, videotape, dance or exhibition performed before an 102
-audience of one or more; 103
- [(14)] (15) "Pornographic for minors", any material or 104
-performance if the following apply: 105
- (a) The average person, applying contemporary 106
-community standards, would find that the material or 107
-performance, taken as a whole, has a tendency to cater or 108
-appeal to a prurient interest of minors; and 109
- (b) The material or performance depicts or describes 110
-nudity, sexual conduct, the condition of human genitals when 111
-in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, or 112
-sadomasochistic abuse in a way which is patently offensive 113
-to the average person applying contemporary adult community 114
-standards with respect to what is suitable for minors; and 115
- (c) The material or performance, taken as a whole, 116
-lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific 117
-value for minors; 118
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- [(15)] (16) "Premises", the real property upon which a 119
-sexually oriented business is located, and all appurtenances 120
-thereto and buildings thereon, including but not limited to 121
-the sexually oriented business, the grounds, private 122
-walkways, and parking lots or parking garages or both; 123
- [(16)] (17) "Promote", to manufacture, issue, sell, 124
-provide, mail, deliver, transfer, transmute, publish, 125
-distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or 126
-advertise, or to offer or agree to do the same, by any means 127
-including a computer; 128
- [(17)] (18) "Regularly", the consistent and repeated 129
-doing of the act so described; 130
- [(18)] (19) "Sadomasochistic abuse", flagellation or 131
-torture by or upon a person as an act of sexual stimulation 132
-or gratification; 133
- [(19)] (20) "Semi-nude" or "state of semi-nudity", the 134
-showing of the female breast below a horizontal line across 135
-the top of the areola and extending across the width of the 136
-breast at such point, or the showing of the male or female 137
-buttocks. Such definition includes the lower portion of the 138
-human female breast, but shall not include any portion of 139
-the cleavage of the female breasts exhibited by a bikini, 140
-dress, blouse, shirt, leotard, or similar wearing apparel 141
-provided the areola is not exposed in whole or in part; 142
- [(20)] (21) "Sexual conduct", actual or simulated, 143
-normal or perverted acts of human masturbation; deviate 144
-sexual intercourse; sexual intercourse; or physical contact 145
-with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, 146
-buttocks, or the breast of a female in an act of apparent 147
-sexual stimulation or gratification or any sadomasochistic 148
-abuse or acts including animals or any latent objects in an 149
-act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification; 150
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- [(21)] (22) "Sexually explicit conduct", actual or 151
-simulated: 152
- (a) Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, 153
-oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between 154
-persons of the same or opposite sex; 155
- (b) Bestiality; 156
- (c) Masturbation; 157
- (d) Sadistic or masochistic abuse; or 158
- (e) Lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic 159
-area of any person; 160
- [(22)] (23) "Sexually oriented business" includes: 161
- (a) An adult bookstore or adult video store. "Adult 162
-bookstore" or "adult video store" means a commercial 163
-establishment which, as one of its principal business 164
-activities, offers for sale or rental for any form of 165
-consideration any one or more of the following: books, 166
-magazines, periodicals, or other printed matter, or 167
-photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, 168
-compact discs, digital video discs, slides, or other visual 169
-representations which are characterized by their emphasis 170
-upon the display of specified sexual activities or specified 171
-anatomical areas. A principal business activity exists 172
-where the commercial establishment: 173
- a. Has a substantial portion of its displayed 174
-merchandise which consists of such items; or 175
- b. Has a substantial portion of the wholesale value of 176
-its displayed merchandise which consists of such items; or 177
- c. Has a substantial portion of the retail value of 178
-its displayed merchandise which consists of such items; or 179
- d. Derives a substantial portion of its revenues from 180
-the sale or rental, for any form of consideration, of such 181
-items; or 182
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- e. Maintains a substantial section of its interior 183
-business space for the sale or rental of such items; or 184
- f. Maintains an adult arcade. "Adult arcade" means 185
-any place to which the public is permitted or invited 186
-wherein coin-operated or slug-operated or electronically, 187
-electrically, or mechanically controlled still or motion 188
-picture machines, projectors, or other image-producing 189
-devices are regularly maintained to show images to five or 190
-fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the 191
-images so displayed are characterized by their emphasis upon 192
-matter exhibiting specified sexual activities or specified 193
-anatomical areas; 194
- (b) An adult cabaret; 195
- (c) An adult motion picture theater. "Adult motion 196
-picture theater" means a commercial establishment where 197
-films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or similar 198
-photographic reproductions, which are characterized by their 199
-emphasis upon the display of specified sexual activities or 200
-specified anatomical areas are regularly shown to more than 201
-five persons for any form of consideration; 202
- (d) A semi-nude model studio. "Semi-nude model 203
-studio" means a place where persons regularly appear in a 204
-state of semi-nudity for money or any form of consideration 205
-in order to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, 206
-sculptured, photographed, or similarly depicted by other 207
-persons. Such definition shall not apply to any place where 208
-persons appearing in a state of semi-nudity do so in a 209
-modeling class operated: 210
- a. By a college, junior college, or university 211
-supported entirely or partly by taxation; 212
- b. By a private college or university which maintains 213
-and operates educational programs in which credits are 214
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-transferable to a college, junior college, or university 215
-supported entirely or partly by taxation; or 216
- c. In a structure: 217
- (i) Which has no sign visible from the exterior of the 218
-structure and no other advertising that indicates a semi- 219
-nude person is available for viewing; and 220
- (ii) Where, in order to participate in a class, a 221
-student must enroll at least three days in advance of the 222
-class; 223
- (e) A sexual encounter center. "Sexual encounter 224
-center" means a business or commercial enterprise that, as 225
-one of its principal purposes, purports to offer for any 226
-form of consideration physical contact in the form of 227
-wrestling or tumbling between two or more persons when one 228
-or more of the persons is semi-nude; 229
- [(23)] (24) "Sexual performance", any performance, or 230
-part thereof, which includes sexual conduct by a child who 231
-is less than eighteen years of age; 232
- [(24)] (25) "Specified anatomical areas" include: 233
- (a) Less than completely and opaquely covered: human 234
-genitals, pubic region, buttock, and female breast below a 235
-point immediately above the top of the areola; and 236
- (b) Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, 237
-even if completely and opaquely covered; 238
- [(25)] (26) "Specified sexual activity", includes any 239
-of the following: 240
- (a) Intercourse, oral copulation, masturbation, or 241
-sodomy; or 242
- (b) Excretory functions as a part of or in connection 243
-with any of the activities described in paragraph (a) of 244
-this subdivision; 245
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- [(26)] (27) "Substantial", at least thirty percent of 246
-the item or items so modified; 247
- [(27)] (28) "Visual depiction", includes undeveloped 248
-film and videotape, and data stored on computer disk or by 249
-electronic means which is capable of conversion into a 250
-visual image. 251
- 573.520. 1. A person commits the offense of engaging 1
-in an adult cabaret performance if such performance is: 2
- (1) On public property; or 3
- (2) In a location where the adult cabaret performance 4
-could be viewed by a person who is not an adult. 5
- 2. The offense of engaging in an adult cabaret 6
-performance is a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and 7
-a class E felony for any second or subsequent offense. 8
- 3. The provisions of this section shall: 9
- (1) Preempt an ordinance or a regulation, restriction, 10
-or license that was lawfully adopted or issued by a 11
-political subdivision prior to August 28, 2026, if such 12
-ordinance, regulation, restriction, or license conflicts 13
-with this section; and 14
- (2) Prevent or preempt a political subdivision from 15
-enacting and enforcing in the future other ordinances, 16
-regulations, restrictions, or licenses that are in conflict 17
-with this section. 18
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+ Section A. Sections 67.2540, 226.531, and 573.010, RSMo,
+are repealed and five new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to
+be known as sections 67.2540, 226.531, 537.048, 573.010, and
+573.520, to read as follows:
+ 67.2540. As used in sections 67.2540 to 67.2556, the
+following terms mean:
+ (1) "Adult cabaret", a nightclub, bar, restaurant, or
+similar establishment in which persons regularly appear in a
+state of nudity[, as defined in section 573.500,] or
+seminudity in the performance of their duties;
+ (2) "Adult cabaret performance", a performance that
+appeals to a prurient interest in a location other than an
+adult cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers,
+exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who
+provide entertainment, or similar entertainers, regardless
+of whether performed for consideration;
+ (3) "Employee", a person who is at least twenty-one
+years of age and who performs any service on the premises of
+a sexually oriented business on a full-time, part-time, or
+contract basis, whether or not the person is denominated an
+employee, independent contractor, agent, or otherwise, and
+whether or not said person is paid a salary, wage, or other
+compensation by the operator of said business. The term
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+employee does not include a person exclusively on the
+premises for repair or maintenance of the premises or
+equipment on the premises, or for the delivery of goods to
+the premises;
+ [(3)] (4) "Nudity" or a "state of nudity", the showing
+of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, vulva,
+anus, anal cleft or anal cleavage with less than a fully
+opaque covering, the showing of the female breast with less
+than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple, or
+the showing of the covered male genitals in a discernibly
+turgid state;
+ [(4)] (5) "Nuisance", any place in or upon which
+lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted,
+permitted, continued, or exists, or any place, in or upon
+which lewd, indecent, lascivious, or obscene films, or films
+designed to be projected for exhibition, are photographed,
+manufactured, developed, screened, exhibited, or otherwise
+prepared or shown, and the personal property and contents
+used in conducting and maintaining any such place for any
+such purpose. The provisions of this section shall not
+affect any newspaper, magazine, or other publication entered
+as second class matter by the post office department;
+ [(5)] (6) "Person", an individual, proprietorship,
+partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity;
+ [(6)] (7) "Seminude" or in a "seminude condition", a
+state of dress in which opaque clothing fails to cover the
+genitals, anus, anal cleft or cleavage, pubic area, vulva,
+nipple and areola of the female breast below a horizontal
+line across the top of the areola at its highest point.
+Seminudity shall include the entire lower portion of the
+female breast, but shall not include any portion of the
+cleavage of the human female breast exhibited by wearing
+apparel provided the areola is not exposed in whole or part;
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+ [(7)] (8) "Sexually oriented business", an adult
+cabaret [or], any business which offers its patrons goods of
+which a substantial or significant portion are sexually
+oriented material, or any business other than an adult
+cabaret that offers an adult cabaret performance. It shall
+be presumed that a business that derives thirty percent or
+less of its revenue from sexually oriented materials is
+presumed not to be a sexually oriented business. [No] A
+building, premises, structure, or other facility that
+contains any sexually oriented business shall not contain
+any other kind of sexually oriented business, except that of
+an adult cabaret performance;
+ [(8)] (9) "Sexually oriented materials", any pictorial
+or three-dimensional material, or film, motion picture, DVD,
+video cassette, or similar photographic reproduction, that
+depicts nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or
+sadomasochistic abuse, as defined in section 573.010;
+ [(9)] (10) "Specified criminal activity" includes the
+following offenses:
+ (a) Prostitution or promotion of prostitution;
+dissemination of obscenity; sale, distribution, or display
+of harmful material to a minor; sexual performance by a
+child; possession or distribution of child pornography;
+public lewdness; indecent exposure; indecency with a child;
+engaging in organized criminal activity; sexual assault;
+molestation of a child; gambling prohibited under Missouri
+law; or distribution of a controlled substance; or any
+similar offenses described in this subdivision under the
+criminal or penal code of other states or countries;
+ (b) For which:
+ a. Less than two years have elapsed since the date of
+conviction or the date of release from confinement imposed
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+for the conviction, whichever is the later date, if the
+conviction is of a misdemeanor offense;
+ b. Less than five years have elapsed since the date of
+conviction or the date of release from confinement for the
+conviction, whichever is the later date, if the conviction
+is of a felony offense; or
+ c. Less than five years have elapsed since the date of
+the last conviction or the date of release from confinement
+for the last conviction, whichever is the later date, if the
+convictions are of two or more misdemeanor offenses or
+combination of misdemeanor offenses occurring within any
+twenty-four-month period;
+ (c) The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall
+not prevent a sexually oriented business from being
+considered a nuisance and closed under section 67.2546;
+ [(10)] (11) "Specified sexual activities" includes the
+following acts:
+ (a) The fondling or other erotic touching of human
+genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts;
+ (b) Sex acts, actual or simulated, including
+intercourse, oral copulation, masturbation, or sodomy; or
+ (c) Excretory functions as part of or in connection
+with any of the activities set forth in this subdivision.
+ 226.531. 1. As used in this section the following
+terms mean:
+ (1) "Adult cabaret", a nightclub, bar, restaurant, or
+similar establishment in which persons appear in a state of
+nudity, as defined in section [573.500] 573.010, or
+seminudity, in the performance of their duties;
+ (2) "Adult cabaret performance", a performance that
+appeals to a prurient interest in a location other than an
+adult cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers,
+exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who
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+provide entertainment, or similar entertainers, regardless
+of whether performed for consideration;
+ (3) "Seminudity", a state of dress in which opaque
+clothing fails to cover the genitals, anus, anal cleft or
+cleavage, pubic area, vulva, nipple and areola of the female
+breast below a horizontal line across the top of the areola
+at its highest point. Seminudity shall include the entire
+lower portion of the female breast, but shall not include
+any portion of the cleavage of the human female breast
+exhibited by wearing apparel provided the areola is not
+exposed in whole or part;
+ [(3)] (4) "Sexually oriented business", any business
+which offers its patrons goods of which a substantial
+portion are sexually oriented materials or any business
+other than an adult cabaret that offers an adult cabaret
+performance. Any business where more than ten percent of
+display space is used for sexually oriented materials shall
+be presumed to be a sexually oriented business;
+ [(4)] (5) "Sexually oriented materials", any textual,
+pictorial, or three-dimensional material that depicts
+nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or
+sadomasochistic abuse in a way which is patently offensive
+to the average person applying contemporary adult community
+standards with respect to what is suitable for minors.
+ 2. No billboard or other exterior advertising sign for
+an adult cabaret or sexually oriented business shall be
+located within one mile of any state highway except if such
+business is located within one mile of a state highway then
+the business may display a maximum of two exterior signs on
+the premises of the business, consisting of one
+identification sign and one sign solely giving notice that
+the premises are off limits to minors. The identification
+sign shall be no more than forty square feet in size and
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+shall include no more than the following information: name,
+street address, telephone number, and operating hours of the
+business.
+ 3. Signs existing on August 28, 2004, which did not
+conform to the requirements of this section, may be allowed
+to continue as a nonconforming use, but should be made to
+conform within three years from August 28, 2004.
+ 4. Any owner of such a business who violates the
+provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class C
+misdemeanor. Each week a violation of this section
+continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
+ 5. This section is designed to protect the following
+public policy interests of this state, including but not
+limited to: to mitigate the adverse secondary effects of
+sexually oriented businesses, to improve traffic safety, to
+limit harm to minors, and to reduce prostitution, crime,
+juvenile delinquency, deterioration in property values, and
+lethargy in neighborhood improvement efforts.
+ 537.048. 1. As used in this section, the following
+terms mean:
+ (1) "Actions or materials that appeal to a prurient
+interest in sex", actions or materials that are
+characterized by, fixate on, depict, or exhibit sex,
+sexually explicit content, sexual desire, a state of nudity
+or state of seminudity, or obscene or pornographic material;
+ (2) "Adult cabaret establishment", a nightclub, bar,
+restaurant, or similar establishment in which persons
+regularly appear in a state of nudity or a state of
+seminudity in the performance of their duties;
+ (3) "Adult cabaret performance", a performance in a
+location, other than an adult cabaret establishment, by an
+adult cabaret performer and which contains actions or
+materials that appeal to a prurient interest in sex;
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+ (4) "Adult cabaret performer", an entertainer who
+provided an adult cabaret performance, including, but not
+limited to, a topless dancer, go-go dancer, exotic dancer,
+stripper, or male or female impersonator;
+ (5) "State of nudity", the showing of the human
+genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, anal cleft, or female
+breast less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the
+nipple or areola;
+ (6) "State of seminudity", a state of dress in which
+opaque clothing fails to cover the human genitals, pubic
+area, vulva, anus, anal cleft, nipple and areola of the
+female breast below a horizontal line across the top of the
+areola at its highest point and extending across the width
+of the breast at such point, or the showing of the buttocks.
+The term "state of seminudity" shall include the entire
+lower portion of the female breast, but shall not include
+any portion of the cleavage of the human female breast
+exhibited by wearing apparel provided the areola is not
+exposed in whole or part.
+ 2. Any person who is a resident of the city, town, or
+village where an adult cabaret performance is conducted
+shall have a cause of action for damages or relief, as
+specified in subsection 3 of this section, against an adult
+cabaret performer whose adult cabaret performance, proven by
+a preponderance of the evidence, contains actions or
+material that appeal to a prurient interest in sex and that
+occur:
+ (1) On public property; or
+ (2) In a location where the adult cabaret performance
+could be viewed by a person who is under the age of eighteen.
+ 3. A court may award any damages or injunctive relief
+as it deems necessary, including any actual damages,
+punitive damages, and reasonable attorney's fees, to a
+
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+prevailing plaintiff, except no damages, apart from nominal
+damages, shall be awarded in more than one action arising
+out of a single occurrence.
+ 4. Any action pursuant to subsection 2 of this section
+shall be brought in the circuit court of the county where
+the adult cabaret performance occurred. Any person entitled
+to bring an action pursuant to subsection 2 of this section
+may institute an action as a representative of a class
+against one or more defendants.
+ 573.010. As used in this chapter the following terms
+shall mean:
+ (1) "Adult cabaret", a nightclub, bar, juice bar,
+restaurant, bottle club, or other commercial establishment,
+regardless of whether alcoholic beverages are served, which
+regularly features persons who appear semi-nude;
+ (2) "Adult cabaret performance", a performance that
+appeals to a prurient interest in a location other than an
+adult cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers,
+exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who
+provide entertainment, or similar entertainers, regardless
+of whether performed for consideration;
+ (3) "Characterized by", describing the essential
+character or dominant theme of an item;
+ [(3)] (4) "Child", any person under the age of
+fourteen;
+ [(4)] (5) "Child pornography":
+ (a) Any obscene material or performance depicting
+sexual conduct, sexual contact as defined in section
+566.010, or a sexual performance and which has as one of its
+participants or portrays as an observer of such conduct,
+contact, or performance a minor; or
+ (b) Any visual depiction, including any photograph,
+film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated
+
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+image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic,
+mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct
+where:
+ a. The production of such visual depiction involves
+the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct;
+ b. Such visual depiction is a digital image, computer
+image, or computer-generated image that is, or is
+indistinguishable from, that of a minor engaging in sexually
+explicit conduct, in that the depiction is such that an
+ordinary person viewing the depiction would conclude that
+the depiction is of an actual minor engaged in sexually
+explicit conduct; or
+ c. Such visual depiction has been created, adapted, or
+modified to show that an identifiable minor is engaging in
+sexually explicit conduct. "Identifiable minor" means a
+person who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was
+created, adapted, or modified; or whose image as a minor was
+used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual
+depiction; and who is recognizable as an actual person by
+the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing
+characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other
+recognizable feature. The term identifiable minor shall not
+be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the
+identifiable minor;
+ [(5)] (6) "Employ", "employee", or "employment", any
+person who performs any service on the premises of a
+sexually oriented business, on a full-time, part-time, or
+contract basis, whether or not the person is denominated an
+employee, independent contractor, agent, or otherwise.
+Employee does not include a person exclusively on the
+premises for repair or maintenance of the premises or for
+the delivery of goods to the premises;
+
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+ [(6)] (7) "Explicit sexual material", any pictorial or
+three-dimensional material depicting human masturbation,
+deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, direct
+physical stimulation or unclothed genitals, sadomasochistic
+abuse, or emphasizing the depiction of postpubertal human
+genitals; provided, however, that works of art or of
+anthropological significance shall not be deemed to be
+within the foregoing definition;
+ [(7)] (8) "Furnish", to issue, sell, give, provide,
+lend, mail, deliver, transfer, circulate, disseminate,
+present, exhibit or otherwise provide;
+ [(8)] (9) "Material", anything printed or written, or
+any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture film,
+videotape or videotape production, or pictorial
+representation, or any recording or transcription, or any
+mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction, or stored
+computer data, or anything which is or may be used as a
+means of communication. Material includes undeveloped
+photographs, molds, printing plates, stored computer data
+and other latent representational objects;
+ [(9)] (10) "Minor", any person less than eighteen
+years of age;
+ [(10)] (11) "Nudity" or "state of nudity", the showing
+of the human genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, anal cleft,
+or the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering
+of any part of the nipple or areola;
+ [(11)] (12) "Obscene", any material or performance if,
+taken as a whole:
+ (a) Applying contemporary community standards, its
+predominant appeal is to prurient interest in sex; and
+ (b) The average person, applying contemporary
+community standards, would find the material depicts or
+describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and
+
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+ (c) A reasonable person would find the material lacks
+serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value;
+ [(12)] (13) "Operator", any person on the premises of
+a sexually oriented business who causes the business to
+function, puts or keeps the business in operation, or is
+authorized to manage the business or exercise overall
+operational control of the business premises. A person may
+be found to be operating or causing to be operated a
+sexually oriented business whether or not such person is an
+owner, part owner, or licensee of the business;
+ [(13)] (14) "Performance", any play, motion picture
+film, videotape, dance or exhibition performed before an
+audience of one or more;
+ [(14)] (15) "Pornographic for minors", any material or
+performance if the following apply:
+ (a) The average person, applying contemporary
+community standards, would find that the material or
+performance, taken as a whole, has a tendency to cater or
+appeal to a prurient interest of minors; and
+ (b) The material or performance depicts or describes
+nudity, sexual conduct, the condition of human genitals when
+in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, or
+sadomasochistic abuse in a way which is patently offensive
+to the average person applying contemporary adult community
+standards with respect to what is suitable for minors; and
+ (c) The material or performance, taken as a whole,
+lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific
+value for minors;
+ [(15)] (16) "Premises", the real property upon which a
+sexually oriented business is located, and all appurtenances
+thereto and buildings thereon, including but not limited to
+the sexually oriented business, the grounds, private
+walkways, and parking lots or parking garages or both;
+
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+ [(16)] (17) "Promote", to manufacture, issue, sell,
+provide, mail, deliver, transfer, transmute, publish,
+distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or
+advertise, or to offer or agree to do the same, by any means
+including a computer;
+ [(17)] (18) "Regularly", the consistent and repeated
+doing of the act so described;
+ [(18)] (19) "Sadomasochistic abuse", flagellation or
+torture by or upon a person as an act of sexual stimulation
+or gratification;
+ [(19)] (20) "Semi-nude" or "state of semi-nudity", the
+showing of the female breast below a horizontal line across
+the top of the areola and extending across the width of the
+breast at such point, or the showing of the male or female
+buttocks. Such definition includes the lower portion of the
+human female breast, but shall not include any portion of
+the cleavage of the female breasts exhibited by a bikini,
+dress, blouse, shirt, leotard, or similar wearing apparel
+provided the areola is not exposed in whole or in part;
+ [(20)] (21) "Sexual conduct", actual or simulated,
+normal or perverted acts of human masturbation; deviate
+sexual intercourse; sexual intercourse; or physical contact
+with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area,
+buttocks, or the breast of a female in an act of apparent
+sexual stimulation or gratification or any sadomasochistic
+abuse or acts including animals or any latent objects in an
+act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification;
+ [(21)] (22) "Sexually explicit conduct", actual or
+simulated:
+ (a) Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital,
+oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between
+persons of the same or opposite sex;
+ (b) Bestiality;
+
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+ (c) Masturbation;
+ (d) Sadistic or masochistic abuse; or
+ (e) Lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic
+area of any person;
+ [(22)] (23) "Sexually oriented business" includes:
+ (a) An adult bookstore or adult video store. "Adult
+bookstore" or "adult video store" means a commercial
+establishment which, as one of its principal business
+activities, offers for sale or rental for any form of
+consideration any one or more of the following: books,
+magazines, periodicals, or other printed matter, or
+photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes,
+compact discs, digital video discs, slides, or other visual
+representations which are characterized by their emphasis
+upon the display of specified sexual activities or specified
+anatomical areas. A principal business activity exists
+where the commercial establishment:
+ a. Has a substantial portion of its displayed
+merchandise which consists of such items; or
+ b. Has a substantial portion of the wholesale value of
+its displayed merchandise which consists of such items; or
+ c. Has a substantial portion of the retail value of
+its displayed merchandise which consists of such items; or
+ d. Derives a substantial portion of its revenues from
+the sale or rental, for any form of consideration, of such
+items; or
+ e. Maintains a substantial section of its interior
+business space for the sale or rental of such items; or
+ f. Maintains an adult arcade. "Adult arcade" means
+any place to which the public is permitted or invited
+wherein coin-operated or slug-operated or electronically,
+electrically, or mechanically controlled still or motion
+picture machines, projectors, or other image-producing
+
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+devices are regularly maintained to show images to five or
+fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the
+images so displayed are characterized by their emphasis upon
+matter exhibiting specified sexual activities or specified
+anatomical areas;
+ (b) An adult cabaret;
+ (c) An adult motion picture theater. "Adult motion
+picture theater" means a commercial establishment where
+films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or similar
+photographic reproductions, which are characterized by their
+emphasis upon the display of specified sexual activities or
+specified anatomical areas are regularly shown to more than
+five persons for any form of consideration;
+ (d) A semi-nude model studio. "Semi-nude model
+studio" means a place where persons regularly appear in a
+state of semi-nudity for money or any form of consideration
+in order to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted,
+sculptured, photographed, or similarly depicted by other
+persons. Such definition shall not apply to any place where
+persons appearing in a state of semi-nudity do so in a
+modeling class operated:
+ a. By a college, junior college, or university
+supported entirely or partly by taxation;
+ b. By a private college or university which maintains
+and operates educational programs in which credits are
+transferable to a college, junior college, or university
+supported entirely or partly by taxation; or
+ c. In a structure:
+ (i) Which has no sign visible from the exterior of the
+structure and no other advertising that indicates a semi-
+nude person is available for viewing; and
+
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+ (ii) Where, in order to participate in a class, a
+student must enroll at least three days in advance of the
+class;
+ (e) A sexual encounter center. "Sexual encounter
+center" means a business or commercial enterprise that, as
+one of its principal purposes, purports to offer for any
+form of consideration physical contact in the form of
+wrestling or tumbling between two or more persons when one
+or more of the persons is semi-nude; or
+ (f) Any business other than an adult cabaret that
+offers an adult cabaret performance;
+ [(23)] (24) "Sexual performance", any performance, or
+part thereof, which includes sexual conduct by a child who
+is less than eighteen years of age;
+ [(24)] (25) "Specified anatomical areas" include:
+ (a) Less than completely and opaquely covered: human
+genitals, pubic region, buttock, and female breast below a
+point immediately above the top of the areola; and
+ (b) Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state,
+even if completely and opaquely covered;
+ [(25)] (26) "Specified sexual activity", includes any
+of the following:
+ (a) Intercourse, oral copulation, masturbation, or
+sodomy; or
+ (b) Excretory functions as a part of or in connection
+with any of the activities described in paragraph (a) of
+this subdivision;
+ [(26)] (27) "Substantial", at least thirty percent of
+the item or items so modified;
+ [(27)] (28) "Visual depiction", includes undeveloped
+film and videotape, and data stored on computer disk or by
+electronic means which is capable of conversion into a
+visual image.
+
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+ 573.520. 1. A person commits the offense of engaging
+in an adult cabaret performance if such performance is:
+ (1) On public property; or
+ (2) In a location other than an adult cabaret where
+the adult cabaret performance is reasonably expected to be
+viewed by a person who is not an adult.
+ 2. The offense of engaging in an adult cabaret
+performance is a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and
+a class E felony for any second or subsequent offense.
+ 3. The provisions of this section shall:
+ (1) Preempt an ordinance or a regulation, restriction,
+or license that was lawfully adopted or issued by a
+political subdivision prior to August 28, 2026, if such
+ordinance, regulation, restriction, or license conflicts
+with this section; and
+ (2) Prevent or preempt a political subdivision from
+enacting and enforcing in the future other ordinances,
+regulations, restrictions, or licenses that are in conflict
+with this section.

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