Live Entertainment Restrictions (H 7193)

The ACLU has previously opposed legislation which would give broad authority to municipalities to regulate and prohibit “live entertainment,” since such discretion and authority has great potential to raise serious First Amendment concerns. This bill would give this authority to the town of Bristol.

The ACLU has previously opposed legislation which would give broad authority to municipalities to regulate and prohibit “live entertainment,” since such discretion and authority has great potential to raise serious First Amendment concerns. A bill introduced this session would have given this authority to the town of Bristol, and we urged its rejection.