North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H1121: Added Fee for Sexually Oriented Businesses.
Status: Introduced, June 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act imposing a fee on sexually oriented businesses.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT IMPOSING A FEE ON SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. Chapter 105 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read: "Article 2F. "Sexually Oriented Businesses. "§ 105-113.130. Address adverse secondary impacts. (a) Findings. - The General Assembly finds that sexually oriented businesses that combine nudity with the aggravating factor of alcohol can and do cause secondary harmful effects on the public's health, safety, and welfare. The General Assembly further finds that a nominal fee imposed on these businesses, pursuant to the State's police powers, to be used to combat or ameliorate adverse secondary impacts, which is not aimed at any expressive content, is consistent with the federal constitutional protection afforded to nonobscene but sexually explicit speech. (b) Definitions. - The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Department. - The Department of Revenue. (2) Secretary. - The Secretary of the Department of Revenue. (3) Sexually oriented business. - As defined in G.S. 160D-902(f). (c) Fee Imposed. - A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each entry by each customer is imposed on every sexually oriented business in the State that holds an alcohol permit issued under Chapter 18B of the General Statutes. No sexually oriented business shall be required to impose the …
Sponsors
- Riddell, Dennis (R, 64) · primary sponsor
- Cotham (R) · primary sponsor
- Johnson-Hostler, Monika (D, 33) · primary sponsor
- Scott, Paul (R, 111) · primary sponsor
- Branson, Jerry (R, 59)
- Brown, Gloristine (D, 8)
- Clark, Tracy (D, 57)
- Dahle, Allison A. (D, 11)
- McNeely, Jeffrey C. (R, 84)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Reptd Fav
- : Re-ref Com On Finance
- : Reptd Fav
- : Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: COUNCILS, ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, SMALL BUSINESS, PUBLIC, WOMENS COUNCIL, WOMEN, OBSCENITY
Common questions
- What is H1121?
- H1121 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Added Fee for Sexually Oriented Businesses.
- What does H1121 do?
- In its own words: An act imposing a fee on sexually oriented businesses.
- What is the status of H1121?
- Introduced as of June 30, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (June 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1121?
- Riddell, Dennis (R, 64), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1121?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H1121
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