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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is closing a loophole in a state law that was cited in allowing a 17-year-old girl to strip onstage at a Hamburg club in 2007.
The House on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that includes an amendment to end an artistic or theatrical exception to nude dancing. The bill goes to Gov. Chet Culver.
It’s against existing Iowa law for anyone under the age of 18 to perform a live act intended to cause sexual arousal, but the law doesn’t apply to artistic or theatrical performances.
A judge in Fremont County ruled in 2008 that the nude dance at the club in Hamburg didn’t violate the law, because prosecutors failed to prove that the club wasn’t a theater.
The Iowa Court of Appeals dismissed the state’s request for a review last month.
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