Some call it a simple consumer protection measure.

Others say it is anti drag.

A controversial Senate bill is making its way through Kentucky's lower chamber.

The state House.

With only eight legislative days left before session ends, lawmakers are starting to make their final pushes.

Here is more from our Clayton Dalton.

As we begin tonight's legislative update.

Lawmakers in a house committee heard Senate Bill 147, which regulates adult oriented businesses that sell material or host shows that are sexually explicit.

Supporters say the bill is common sense.

SB 147 would simply provide reasonable regulations to protect children from exposure and harm from adult businesses and performances by setting a minimum minimum distance for nearby locations where children are present, including churches, education and child care centers and parks.

You know, I believe most Kentuckians may even be surprised that some of these protections are not already in place.

Opponents chimed in to arguing the bill targets drag performers.

This bill, it just seems mean at this point.

I am grateful that a lot of it has been subbed out that it seems less harmful, but it still seems mean.

It seems like we're trying to target a specific group of people who are already marginalized that were sort of taken away some of the the fun and the color and the brightness of our communities.

Two Republicans, one former lawmaker and one current, expressed their differing opinions.

This bill and a lot of bills that target gay people across Kentucky are.

Of course, no one would ever say that explicitly.

They're for protecting children.

And and so I always want to know, where are the children's advocacy groups?

Where.

Where are the mayors and county judges?

The PETA's.

Where?

Where are these groups that will come here and say, this is this is the kind of law we need?

You know, I got a lot of calls when we had a family.

Family friendly drag show in downtown Ashland one Saturday morning across from a farmer's market.

And a lot of parents were quite upset.

So they may not be here in the room.

What they do is they pick up the phone and they call their representatives and senators and that and they expect us to advocate for them, which I'm sure you know.

Some opponents describe the bill as an attack on LGBTQ people, particularly drag performers.

Today, debate took a turn as some lawmakers shared their personal views on drag shows and LGBTQ people.

These drag queens shows and all this garbage, it's trying to.

And you can shake your head.

No, me.

You don't intimidate me.

You don't scare me.

The truth.

The truth.

What in the world are we thinking?

How can we be for somebody dressing up like a lady or like a woman and reading books to our kids?

Wonder, What are we thinking?

And I feel differently than some of my colleagues.

I have a niece that is gay.

I have people that live in my neighborhood that are gay.

I've been representing gay couples and same sex couples and adoptions and custody cases since before the law in Kentucky was changed.

So I have a little bit different perspective of how I view that population.

And I guess for my party, I don't share the same sentiments that I feel that that someone's sick or that we need to change them.

So I just needed to say that and be protective of, you know, the constituency that I represent.

Senate Bill 147 passed out of committee with bipartisan support.

Only two Democrats voted against the bill.

It now heads to the House floor for a full vote for Kentucky edition.

I'm clayton dolan.

Alone.

Democrat state representative ashley tackett.

Lafferty from eastern kentucky voted in support of the bill.