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unlawful exposure; minors; drag show

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL 2589

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 13, chapter 35, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-3508; relating to obscenity.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 13, chapter 35, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3508, to read:

START_STATUTE13-3508. Unlawful exposure to adult oriented performances; classification; definitions

A. A person commits unlawful exposure to an adult oriented performance by intentionally doing any of the following:

1. Allowing a minor under the person's custody or control to view an adult oriented performance.

2. Allowing a minor to enter or remain in a building or part of a building WHERE an adult oriented performance is occurring.

3. Performing or allowing another person under the person's custody or control to perform an adult oriented performance in view of a minor.

B. Unlawful exposure to an adult oriented performance is a class 4 felony.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "adult oriented performance" means an in-person show or performance that:

(a) Taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; and

(b) Depicts or simulates specific sexual activities or the lewd exposure of specific anatomical areas. END_STATUTE