Minors at Strip Clubs Prohibited Under Bill Aprroved by Senate

In response to a case in Dallas of a 12-year-old girl employed to dance nude at a strip club, Senator Nelson filed four bills designed to strengthen oversight. "It is never OK for a child to be employed in a strip club. It's exploitation and it's unacceptable," she said. Two bills -- SB 707, requiring sexually oriented businesses to maintain age verification records, and SB 709, allowing child exploitation to be considered a "public nuisance" by municipalities -- were approved by the Senate this week. SB 708, allowing the Attorney General to issue an injunction on the first offense, and SB 710, employing minors in sexually oriented business, are pending in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee.