Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB2407: Establishes provisions relating to adult cabaret performances, including the offense of engaging in an adult cabaret performance
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
An act of sexual stimulation or gratification; [(19)] (20) "Semi-nude" or "state of semi-nudity", the showing of the female breast below a horizontal line across the top of the areola and extending across the width of the breast at such point, or the showing of the male or female buttocks. Such definition includes the lower portion of the human female breast, but shall not include any portion of the cleavage of the female breasts exhibited by a bikini, dress, blouse, shirt, leotard, or similar wearing apparel provided the areola is not exposed in whole or in part; [(20)] (21) "Sexual conduct".
From the introduced text:
an act of sexual stimulation or gratification; [(19)] (20) "Semi-nude" or "state of semi-nudity", the showing of the female breast below a horizontal line across the top of the areola and extending across the width of the breast at such point, or the showing of the male or female buttocks. Such definition includes the lower portion of the human female breast, but shall not include any portion of the cleavage of the female breasts exhibited by a bikini, dress, blouse, shirt, leotard, or similar wearing apparel provided the areola is not exposed in whole or in part; [(20)] (21) "Sexual conduct", actual or simulated, normal or perverted acts of human masturbation; deviate sexual intercourse; sexual intercourse; or physical contact with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or the breast of a female in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification or any sadomasochistic abuse or acts including animals or any latent objects in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification; [(21)] (22) "Sexually explicit conduct", actual or simulated: (a) Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oralanal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex; (b) Bestiality; (c) Masturbation; (d) Sadistic or masochistic abuse; or (e) Lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person; [(22)] (23) "Sexually oriented business" includes: (a) …