FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 6588

                              C 152 L 90

BYSenator Nelson

Defining when a live performance may be a moral nuisance.

Senate Committee on Law & Justice

House Committe on Judiciary

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

A person is subject to civil sanctions and criminal penalties for maintaining a moral nuisance.  An example of a moral nuisance is a place where lewd or pornographic films are publicly exhibited.

There is no explicit prohibition in the moral nuisance statute against lewd live performances.

SUMMARY:

Lewd live performances are subject to the sanctions and penalties of the moral nuisance statutes.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

     Senate   47    0

     House 96  1

EFFECTIVE:June 7, 1990