Bill Text: TX SB2290 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring a venue for sexually oriented performances to provide certain content warnings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to State Affairs [SB2290 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2290-Introduced.html
| By: Hughes | S.B. No. 2290 | |
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| relating to requiring a venue for sexually oriented performances to | ||
| provide certain content warnings. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter M to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER M. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN ADULT ORIENTED | ||
| BUSINESSES | ||
| Sec. 17.975. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Sexually oriented performance" means a visual | ||
| performance that appeals to the prurient interest by: | ||
| (A) featuring a performer who is nude, as defined | ||
| by Section 102.051, Business & Commerce Code; or | ||
| (B) featuring a male performer that exhibits as a | ||
| female or a female performer that exhibits as a male using clothing, | ||
| makeup, or other physical markers and signs, lip syncs, dances, or | ||
| otherwise performs before an audience for entertainment. | ||
| (2) "Sexually oriented performance venue" means a | ||
| nightclub, bar, restaurant, or other commercial enterprise that | ||
| provides for an audience of two or more individuals a sexually | ||
| oriented performance. | ||
| Sec. 17.976. CONTENT WARNING REQUIRED. A sexually oriented | ||
| performance venue shall: | ||
| (1) post in a prominent place by each public entrance a | ||
| sign conspicuously warning prospective patrons of the type and | ||
| content of the scheduled sexually oriented performance, including | ||
| whether the performance contains sexual content; and | ||
| (2) include the warning in any advertisement for the | ||
| performance, including any advertisement that appears on a social | ||
| media website. | ||
| Sec. 17.977. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE. A violation of | ||
| Section 17.976 is a deceptive trade practice under Subchapter E, | ||
| Chapter 17, and is actionable under that subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2024, a sexually | ||
| oriented performance venue shall comply with Subchapter M, Chapter | ||
| 17, Business & Commerce Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
