Text of TN HB 30 (2024)

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, relative to adult cabaret entertainment.

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<BillNo> <Sponsor> HOUSE BILL 30 By Doggett HB0030 000876 - 1 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, relative to adult cabaret entertainment. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-1102, is amended by adding the following new subdivisions: ( ) "Adult cabaret entertainment": (A) Means entertainment suitable for mature audiences, including entertainment erotic in nature, and featuring go-go dancers, exotic dancers, topless dancers, male or female impersonators, or similar entertainers; and (B) Includes a single performance or multiple performances by an entertainer; ( ) "Compensation" means a salary, wage, fee, payment, reimbursement, or other valuable consideration; SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-1102(2), is amended by deleting the second sentence and substituting instead the following: "Adult cabaret" includes a commercial establishment that features adult cabaret entertainment as a principal use of its business; SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-1102(10), is amended by deleting the subdivision and substituting instead the following: (10) "Entertainer" means a person who provides: (A) Entertainment within an adult-oriented establishment, regardless of whether a fee is charged or accepted for entertainment and regardless of - 2 - 000876 whether entertainment is provided as an employee, escort, or an independent contractor; or (B) Adult cabaret entertainment, regardless of whether a fee is charged or accepted for entertainment and regardless of whether entertainment is provided as an employee or an independent contractor; SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-1115, is amended by designating the existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new subsection (b): (b) A person shall not provide adult cabaret entertainment for compensation without a valid permit issued by the board pursuant to this part. SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-1114, is amended by adding the following as a new subsection: (h) A public, private, or commercial establishment shall not allow a person younger than eighteen (18) years of age to attend a performance featuring adult cabaret entertainment. SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-1401, is amended by deleting subdivision (2) and adding the following as new subdivisions: ( ) "Adult cabaret" means a cabaret that features adult cabaret entertainment; ( ) "Adult cabaret entertainment": (A) Means entertainment suitable for mature audiences, including entertainment erotic in nature, and featuring go-go dancers, exotic dancers, topless dancers, male or female impersonators, or similar entertainers; and (B) Includes a single performance or multiple performances by an entertainer; - 3 - 000876 SECTION 7. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 14, is amended by adding the following as a new section: A public, private, or commercial establishment shall not allow a person younger than eighteen (18) years of age to attend a performance featuring adult cabaret entertainment. SECTION 8. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.