{"id":783,"date":"2019-08-27T19:02:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T19:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadabrothelassociation.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2019-08-27T19:02:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T19:02:50","slug":"brothel-study-committee-members-appointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nevadabrothelassociation.com\/brothel-study-committee-members-appointed\/","title":{"rendered":"Brothel Study Committee Members Appointed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Chuck Muth)<\/em> \u2013 Last week the Nevada Legislative Commission appointed the six members of the Legislature who will sit on the interim committee charged with studying the working conditions for Nevada\u2019s legal commercial sex workers.<\/p>\n<p>The study, proposed by Assemblywoman Leslie Cohen (D-Las Vegas), will include \u201can examination of the extent to which the rules and working conditions in licensed brothels provide for the health, safety and general welfare of sex workers in licensed brothels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The appointed study committee members include three from the State Senate and three from the State Assembly.\u00a0 Four Democrats, two Republicans.\u00a0 Four women, two men.\u00a0 Three from Clark County, one from Washoe County and two rural.<\/p>\n<p>They are\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Julia Ratti (D-Washoe)<\/li>\n<li>Dallas Harris (D-Clark)<\/li>\n<li>Pete Goicoechea (R-Rural)<\/li>\n<li>Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen (D-Clark)<\/li>\n<li>Assemblywoman Heidi Swank (D-Clark)<\/li>\n<li>Assemblyman John Ellison (R-Rural)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of the six, Sen. Goicoechea and Assemblyman Ellison represent districts in which legal brothels currently operate.\u00a0 Legal brothels are not allowed in Clark and Washoe counties.<\/p>\n<p>The study committee will likely hold its first meeting some time in late September and is likely to appoint Assemblywoman Cohen to serve as the committee chair.<\/p>\n<p>The group will likely conduct its study through next June or July and then begin the process of recommending possible legislation for the 2021 legislative session.<\/p>\n<p>Of primary interest, as outlined in the bill creating the study and articulated during hearings on it, is the nature of the contractual relationship, rules, and working conditions of the independent businesswomen who choose to work at the brothels and the brothel owners.<\/p>\n<p>The committee is also directed to study\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cThe adequacy of oversight and regulation by the State and licensing and law enforcement units of local government with respect to the health, safety and general welfare of workers in licensed brothels.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>In that regard here are three areas the committee should put at the top of its list for examination\u2026<\/p>\n<p>1.)\u00a0 Closing a loophole in the law that potentially allows the work card applications of commercial sex workers at Nevada\u2019s legal brothels to be released to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Those work card applications \u2013 which include private information, such as social security number, home address and other contact information &#8211; should be considered confidential, just like the applications to obtain a work card for gaming and liquor establishments.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the confidentiality for these women is even more important due to the nature of their work.\u00a0 After all, liquor store clerks and blackjack dealers aren\u2019t usually targets for stalking, harassment and sexual assault.\u00a0 Commercial sex workers are.<\/p>\n<p>2.)\u00a0 Eliminating and\/or changing state law and ordinances which perpetuate the social stigma associated with commercial sex work.<\/p>\n<p>Despite brothels being legal in parts of rural Nevada, certain wording, phraseology, limitations, requirements and restrictions unique only to this industry contribute to a community perception that these professional women are \u201csecond-class citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eliminating the stigma associated with LEGAL commercial sex work in Nevada would go a long way toward improving the \u201chealth, safety and general welfare of workers in licensed brothels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3.)\u00a0 Along those same lines, the study committee should review provisions in state law that discriminate against legal brothels when it comes to advertising.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being a legal, licensed and heavily regulated industry, Nevada\u2019s brothels suffer from severe restrictions, embedded in law, on their ability to market their services, unlike every other legal business in the state &#8211; including gaming, liquor and marijuana, as well as other sex-related businesses such as gentleman\u2019s clubs and escort services.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, state law even goes so far as to make it unlawful for a legal brothel to include in any \u201cdisplay, handbill or publication\u201d the \u201caddress, location or telephone number of a house of prostitution\u201d or \u201cidentification of a means of transportation to such a house,\u201d or even \u201cdirections telling how to obtain any such information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seriously?\u00a0 In 2019? \u00a0Does Google Maps know about this?<\/p>\n<p>Such limitations and restrictions on a legal business which perpetuates the stigma absolutely harms the \u201cgeneral welfare of workers in licensed brothels\u201d and should be revised.<\/p>\n<p>With those items in mind, let the study begin.<\/p>\n<p><em>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 class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Chuck Muth) \u2013 Last week the Nevada Legislative Commission appointed the six members of the Legislature who will sit on the interim committee charged with studying the working conditions for Nevada\u2019s legal commercial sex workers. 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