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Senate Bill 115

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Last Action	03/16/23: returned to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to adult performances.
Bill Documents	Current/Final Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact Local Mandate Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist
Bill Request Number	1286
Sponsors	L. Tichenor, G. Williams, G. Boswell, A. Southworth, P. Wheeler, M. Wilson
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 231 to express the findings of the General Assembly relating to adult-oriented businesses and the need for regulation; define terms; establish distance parameters for the location of adult-oriented businesses in proximity to identified entities and locations; establish transition provisions for existing businesses; affirm the authority of local governmental units to supplement regulation of adult-oriented businesses.
Index Headings of Original Version	Obscenity and Pornography - Adult-oriented business, location requirement, restrictions Public Safety - Adult-oriented business, restrictions, location requirements Children and Minors - Adult-oriented business, location restrictions, protections Civil Actions - Adult-oriented business, location requirement, violation, initiating party Civil Actions - Adult-oriented business, location requirement, violation, penalties Local Mandate - Adult-oriented business, restrictions, location requirements Corrections Impact - Adult performances, definition, penalties
Jump to Proposed Amendments	Senate Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements Senate Committee Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 2 Senate Floor Amendment 3
Votes	Vote History

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02/10/23	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/14/23	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
03/02/23	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/03/23	2nd reading, to Rules
03/08/23	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/09/23	floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 10, 2023
03/10/23	3rd reading floor amendment defeated Floor Amendments (1) and (3) passed 26 -6 -1 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/13/23	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/16/23	taken from Committee on Committees (H) 1st reading returned to Committee on Committees (H)

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Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact to Senate Committee Substitute 1 Local Mandate to Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Remove original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to define "adult performance"; establish the offense of engaging in an adult performance; establish penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 231 to establish available sanctions for allowing an adult performance at a business when minors are present.
Index Headings	Crimes and Punishments - Adult performance, definition, penalties Obscenity and Pornography - Adult performance, definition, penalties Public Protection - Minors, adult performance, sanctions Alcoholic Beverages - Adult performance, compliance requirements Children and Minors - Protection, adult performance, compliance requirements Corrections Impact - Adult performance, definition, penalties Local Mandate - Adult performance, compliance requirements

Amendment	Senate Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	L. Tichenor
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 115

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	R. Thomas
Summary	Establish that participants in a public performance offered by an established theatre or dance program may portray a gender different than the participant's gender at birth with impunity.
Index Headings	Crimes and Punishments - Adult performance, definition, penalties Crimes and Punishments - Established theatre or dance, gender portrayal, prosecution exception Local Mandate - Adult performance, compliance requirements Obscenity and Pornography - Adult performance, definition, penalties Public Protection - Minors, adult performance, sanctions Alcoholic Beverages - Adult performance, compliance requirements Children and Minors - Protection, adult performance, compliance requirements Children and Minors - Established theatre or dance, gender portrayal, prosecution exception Corrections Impact - Adult performance, definition, penalties

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	L. Tichenor
Summary	Amend the definition of "adult performance" to establish the performance appeals to a prurient interest in sexual conduct and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
Index Headings	Crimes and Punishments - Adult performance, definition, penalties Crimes and Punishments - Adult performance, definition, additional qualifiers Obscenity and Pornography - Adult performance, definition, penalties Obscenity and Pornography - Adult performance, definition, additional qualifiers Public Protection - Minors, adult performance, sanctions Alcoholic Beverages - Adult performance, compliance requirements Children and Minors - Protection, adult performance, compliance requirements

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	R. Thomas
Summary	Establish that conduct consisting solely of touching, embracing, or kissing is not a sex act or sexual conduct.
Index Headings	Crimes and Punishments - Adult performance, definition, penalties Crimes and Punishments - Adult performance, definition, exception Obscenity and Pornography - Adult performance, definition, penalties Obscenity and Pornography - Adult performance, definition, exclusion Public Protection - Minors, adult performance, sanctions Alcoholic Beverages - Adult performance, compliance requirements Children and Minors - Protection, adult performance, compliance requirements

Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:03 PM (EST)