BILL · 1991–92 SESSION

SB 5845: Adult entertainment taxation

Taxing adult entertainment materials and services and dedicating the revenues to crime victims compensation.

Summary

A tax is imposed on the retail sale or use of adult entertainment materials and services at the rate of 18.5 percent. The tax is in addition to the 6.5 percent retail sales tax on adult entertainment materials.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5845), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedFeb 26, 1991
Out of committee
Passed SenateMar 15, 1991
Passed Housestopped here
Governor
Law

Prime sponsor: Dan McDonald (R-48)
Introduced: February 26, 1991 in the Senate
Last action: February 27, 1992
Budget: Has a fiscal note

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 15, 1991

Version voted on: SB 5845

36 Yea 10 Nay 0 Absent 3 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	11	10	0	3
Republican	25	0	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (36)

Nay (10)

Excused (3)

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History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

SB 5845 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5845 (2025–26) Health carrier payments · Enacted · Chapter 158, Laws of 2026
SB 5845 (2023–24) Military housing taxation · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5845 (2021–22) Civil protection orders · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5845 (2019–20) Sexual harassment/state gov. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5845 (2017–18) Railroad employee work hours · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5845 (2015–16) Household appliances · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5845 (2013–14) Attorney compensation · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5845 (2011–12) Off-road vehicles · Did not pass · died in committee

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