Bill > HB1523

Introduced Session

Prostitution; solicitation; penalties. Increases the penalty for a third or subsequent offense of solicitation of prostitution from an adult from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony. The bill increases the fines from $100 to $1000 and from $500 to $2500 for certain offenses related to sex trafficking. The bill also make it a Class 5 felony to solicit prostitution from any minor. Prostitution; solicitation; penalties. Increases the penalty for a third or subsequent offense of solicitation of prostitution from an adult from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony. The bill increases the fines from $100 to $1000 and from $500 to $2500 for certain offenses related to sex trafficking. The bill also make it a Class 5 felony to solicit prostitution from any minor. Under current law, any person who solicits prostitution from a minor is guilty of a Class 6 felony if the minor is 16 years old or older or a Class 5 felony if the minor is younger than 16 years old.

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Kim Taylor (R)*,  G. John Avoli (R),  Jason Ballard (R),  Robert Bell (R),  Rob Bloxom (R),  Kathy Byron (R),  Aijalon Cordoza (R),  Tara Durant (R),  James Edmunds (R),  C. Matthew Fariss (R),  Anne Ferrell Tata (R),  Karen Greenhalgh (R),  Chris Head (R),  M. Keith Hodges (R),  David LaRock (R),  Marie March (R),  John McGuire (R),  Ellen McLaughlin (R),  Joseph McNamara (R),  Roxann Robinson (R),  Chris Runion (R),  Wendell Walker (R),  William Wiley (R),  Wren Williams (R), 

Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) (on 02/15/2023)

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