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Senate Bill 315 |
Senate Author: Huffman et al. |
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Effective: 5-24-21 |
House Sponsor: Hunter et al. |
Senate Bill 315 amends the Labor Code to prohibit a sexually oriented business from employing or entering into a contract with an individual younger than 21 years of age for work or services and to create a Class A misdemeanor offense for violating the prohibition. The bill requires such a business to register and participate in the E-verify program and creates an offense for a business that fails to do so. The bill amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to make it a common nuisance for a person who maintains a sexually oriented business to enter such a prohibited contract. The bill amends the Penal Code provision regarding employment that is considered harmful to children to specify that "child," for purposes of those provisions, means a person younger than 21 years of age.
Senate Bill 315 also amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to prohibit an individual younger than 18 years of age from being on a premises operating as a sexually oriented business that is covered by a permit or license issued under the code and to authorize the suspension or cancellation of a permit or license for a violation of that prohibition, depending on the number of violations. The bill amends the Business & Commerce Code to create a Class A misdemeanor offense for a sexually oriented business that allows an individual younger than 18 years of age to enter the premises of the business.