(Michelle Rindels | Nevada Independent) – Nevada lawmakers have introduced a measure that calls for a study on the workplace conditions of Nevada’s legal brothels.
The resolution, ACR 6, was introduced on Wednesday. Democratic sponsor Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen said she brought the measure forth after hearing stories during the interim about restrictive practices in brothels.
She said it’s difficult to get straight information about practices in the brothels because authority is pushed down to the counties and sometimes the sheriff’s office. Her measure is not pro- or anti-brothel, she said, and she hasn’t personally decided where she stands on the overall idea of a brothel ban — a concept that’s expected to come out of a Senate bill.
ACR 6 says it’s calling for the study because…