 Consultation with agencies, local government, interested persons and organisations occurred during 2004, resulting in the "Sex Industry Regulation Bill 2004" being tabled in Parliament in June 2005.The Bill was supported by sex workers,

The Bill included offence provisions to ensure that Tasmania met its international obligations under the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (signed by Australia in 2001.