Florida Strip Clubs Prepare Suit to Overturn Under-21 Worker Ban

Florida’s adult-entertainment industry is preparing to challenge the constitutionality of a new ban on hiring dancers and other staff under 21, following the enactment of similar laws that have spurred First Amendment suits in two other states.

The Florida age requirement is part of an anti-human trafficking law set to take effect July 1. The bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) (HB 7063) May 13 imitates a Texas law recently upheld as constitutional, plus a Jacksonville, Fla., ordinance that drew a mixed ruling in federal district court and now awaits review by the US Court of Appeals ...