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(Chuck Muth)<\/em> \u2013 As per the Nevada Legislature\u2019s Standing Rule #14.3.1, Republican State Sen. Joe Hardy\u2019s bill (SB413) to ban Nevada\u2019s legal brothels statewide died on Friday after it failed to get a committee hearing by the midnight deadline.<\/p>\n

Cause for optimism, but not celebration\u2026yet.\u00a0 As Yogi Berra famously put it, it ain\u2019t over \u2018til it\u2019s over.<\/p>\n

And as longtime watchers of the Legislature know, \u201cdead\u201d bills can become \u201czombie\u201d bills that come back to life as amendments to other bills right up until the time the Legislature officially comes to an end (\u201csine die\u201d) several weeks from now.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press reported this weekend that Hardy \u201chad argued brothels had no place in the state\u201d while \u201cBrothel backers argue a ban would hurt struggling rural economies and push sex workers into dangerous street prostitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brothel supporters have won the argument\u2026for now.\u00a0 But we\u2019ll remain vigilant and let you know if SB413 somehow joins the walking dead.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen\u2019s bill (ACR6) to create a legislative study committee to look into the business operations of Nevada\u2019s legal brothels successfully made it out of committee before the deadline and has moved into the next round \u2013 a vote on the floor of the state Assembly.<\/p>\n

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The bill itself doesn\u2019t specifically outline exactly what Ms. Cohen wishes to study; however, in testimony during a hearing on ACR6 last month, the assemblywoman did reference, generally, certain business practices as outlined in a new book titled \u201cSex and Stigma\u201d by a trio of UNR researchers.<\/p>\n

So I picked up a copy and read it on the Lido Deck during my organization\u2019s annual Mexican Riviera cruise last week.\u00a0 And I think I now see where the assemblywoman is going.<\/p>\n

The researchers note that some legally questionable \u201cpolice rules\u201d exist in some localities where brothels are legally allowed to operate.\u00a0 And before commercial sex workers are issued a work permit, they are required to sign a document agreeing to follow a list of various \u201cregulations for prostitutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The authors cite, as an example, Rule #6 for the town of Carlin that only allows the ladies from the brothels \u201cto dine in restaurants and to conduct personal business and shopping in Carlin between the hours of 7:00 am and 7:00 pm.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rule goes on to say that \u201cProstitutes shall not be absent from their place of employment between 7:00 pm and 7:00 am.\u201d<\/p>\n

These government-mandated restrictions are what those in the industry call \u201clockdown\u201d rules.<\/p>\n

Examples of other highly-questionable rules outlined in other regulations in other areas include\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201c(L)ocal working women\u00a0 are not allowed to go home at night; legal prostitutes are not allowed in town, bars, or casinos; legal prostitutes may not have family members reside in town; legal prostitutes must take days off in a different town; and, if traveling to another destination, legal prostitutes on vacation must take the most \u2018expeditious transport\u2019 out of town.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Not exactly the definition of \u201cfreedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

The researchers also note that Nye County and the City of Elko \u201cboth mandate that any prostitute who leaves the premises for longer than twenty-four hours must undergo all medical testing before being allowed to work again.\u201d<\/p>\n

That government-imposed restriction is, indeed, a head-scratcher.<\/p>\n

If a working girl is off the premises for 23 hours and 59 minutes\u2026no problem.\u00a0 But if she\u2019s off property for one minute longer THAT somehow poses a public health risk?\u00a0 How?\u00a0 Especially since condom use is mandatory in all interactions.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019d venture to guess that such government-mandated restrictions on legal commercial sex workers working in a legal business that don\u2019t apply to any other legal workers in any other legal businesses are understandably what have caught Assemblywoman Cohen\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n

However\u2026<\/p>\n

It seems to me that concerns over certain local and\/or county rules and regulations could and should be better addressed directly by Ms. Cohen and local elected officials and county commissioners without a full-blown, two-year, taxpayer-funded legislative \u201cstudy\u201d committee.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, if there is to be such a commission formed, it also seems to me the scope of the study should be expanded to include the working conditions for commercial sex workers in both the legal brothels AND<\/u> the currently-illegal markets\u2026as recommended in a statement<\/a><\/strong> by the Nevada Brothel Association presented by commercial sex worker Ruby Rae at the ACR6 hearing last month.<\/p>\n

If we\u2019re going to do this thing, let\u2019s do it right.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s still time to amend Ms. Cohen\u2019s bill to do a more thorough and comprehensive study of Nevada\u2019s entire commercial sex industry \u2013 either as a floor amendment in the Assembly or once it reaches the state Senate.<\/p>\n

More on this in the coming days.\u00a0 In the meantime, we can at least be grateful that Sen. Hardy\u2019s brothel-killer bill is dead\u2026for now.<\/p>\n

Mr. Muth is president of Citizen Outreach, a limited-government grassroots advocacy organization, and government affairs counsel to the Nevada Brothel Association<\/em><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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