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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
House: JUD DP 6-3-0-0 |
HB 2589: unlawful exposure; minors; drag show
Sponsor: Representative Way, LD 15
Caucus & COW
Overview
Establishes the offense of unlawful exposure to a drag show performance by prohibiting specified conduct that results in a minor viewing or being present for a drag show performance, classifying the offense as a class 4 felony.
History
A.R.S. Title 13, Chapter 35 governs obscenity and includes various restrictions related to minors’ exposure to sexually explicit material. Current law prohibits, with knowledge of the character of the item involved, furnishing or showing to minors any item that is harmful to minors, and makes a violation of the statute a class 4 felony (A.R.S. § 13-3506).
Harmful to minors is defined as any description or representation, including performances, of nudity, sexual activity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sadomasochistic abuse that, taken as a whole: 1) under the perspective of the average adult applying contemporary Arizona standards for what is suitable for minors, both appeals to the prurient interest and portrays the subject matter in a patently offensive way; and 2) does not have serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value for minors (A.R.S. § 13-3501).
Provisions
1. Provides that a person commits unlawful exposure to a drag show performance by knowingly doing any of the following:
a. allowing a minor under the person’s custody or control to view a drag show performance;
b. allowing a minor to enter or remain in a building or part of a building where a drag show performance is occurring; or
c. performing or allowing another person under the person’s custody or control to perform a drag show performance in view of a minor. (Sec. 1)
2. Makes this offence a class 4 felony. (Sec. 1)
3. Defines drag show performance. (Sec. 1)
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Initials NM HB 2589
2/04/2026 Page 0 Caucus & COW
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