Text of MN SF 716 (2025)
Drag performances as adult entertainment classification
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As introduced
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A bill for an act
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relating to public safety; classifying drag performances as adult entertainment;
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expanding location restrictions of an adult entertainment establishment; amending
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Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 617.242, subdivisions 1, 4.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 617.242, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
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Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
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(1) "adult entertainment establishment" means a business that is open only to adults and
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that presents:
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(i) live performances that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the
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depiction of sexual conduct or nudity; or
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(ii) live drag performances;
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(2) "sexual conduct" has the meaning given in section 617.241; and
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(3) nudity has the meaning given in section 617.292, subdivision 3.;
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(4) "drag performance" means a performance:
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(i) in which one or more performers:
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(A) exhibits a gender identity that is different from the performer's gender assigned at
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birth using clothing, makeup, or other accessories that are traditionally worn by members
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of and are meant to exaggerate the gender identity of the performer's opposite sex; and
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(B) sings, lip-synchs, dances, or otherwise performs before an audience of at least two
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persons for entertainment, whether performed for payment or not; and
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Section 1.
25-01221
as introduced
12/19/24
REVISOR
KLL/AD
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 716
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: LUCERO, Gruenhagen, Drazkowski, Wesenberg and Dornink)
OFFICIAL STATUS
D-PG
DATE
Introduction and first reading
01/27/2025
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
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(ii) that is intended to appeal to the prurient interest; and
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(5) "minor" has the meaning given in section 617.292, subdivision 2.
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Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 617.242, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
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Subd. 4. Proximity; location. (a) An adult entertainment establishment may not:
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(1) be located on public property;
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(2) be located where a minor can view what the adult entertainment establishment is
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offering to the public that qualifies it as an adult entertainment establishment;
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(3) operate in the same building as, or within:
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(i) 1,500 feet from, another adult entertainment establishment;
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(ii) within 500 feet of residential property, regardless of how the property is zoned; or
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(iii) within 2,800 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school or a church,
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synagogue, mosque, or other place of worship.
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(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), clause (3), distances are measured between the
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closest property lines.
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Sec. 2.
25-01221
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12/19/24
REVISOR
KLL/AD