SB 579 - Prohibits Showing Adult Entertainment to a Minor - North Carolina Key Vote

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Title: Prohibits Showing Adult Entertainment to a Minor

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits showing adult entertainment to a minor.

Highlights:

  • Classifies a violation committed knowingly in the presence of a minor as a Class H felony (Sec. 1).

  • Specifies that it is unlawful for a person to engage in adult live entertainment knowing that a minor is present (Sec. 2).

  • Classifies the violation of subsection (a) of this section as a Class A1 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class I felony for a second offense (Sec. 2).

  • Defines ‘intimate parts’ to mean a person’s sexual organs, anus, breast, groin, or buttocks (Sec. 3).

  • Defines ‘sexual contact’ to mean any of the following intentional touching if the touching can be reasonably construed as being for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification (Sec. 3):

  • The intentional touching of a person’s intimate parts or of the clothing covering the person’s intimate parts;

  • The intentional touching of another person’s own intimate parts, whether or not those intimate parts are clothed.

  • Specifies that unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of sexual contact with a minor, if being 18 or older, the person engages in sexual contact with a minor (Sec. 3).

  • Specifies that a person who violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor (Sec. 3).

Title: Prohibits Showing Adult Entertainment to a Minor

Title: Prohibits Showing Adult Entertainment to a Minor

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