Florida SB 1688: Early Learning and Early Grade Success

Bill Text

1688 
Penalties for Prostitution and Related Acts 
2026-01-09T10:22:16Z 
Revising penalties and criminal penalties for certain offenses, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-10-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1688 

 By Senator Leek 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to penalties for prostitution and 
 3 related acts; amending s. 796.07, F.S.; revising 
 4 penalties and criminal penalties for certain offenses; 
 5 amending ss. 456.074 and 480.041, F.S.; conforming 
 6 provisions to changes made by the act; providing an 
 7 effective date. 
 8 
 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 10 
 11 Section 1. Subsection (4), paragraph (a) of subsection (5), 
 12 and subsection (7) of section 796.07, Florida Statutes, are 
 13 amended, and subsection (2) of that section is republished, to 
 14 read: 
 15 796.07 Prohibiting prostitution and related acts.— 
 16 (2) It is unlawful: 
 17 (a) To own, establish, maintain, or operate any place, 
 18 structure, building, or conveyance for the purpose of lewdness, 
 19 assignation, or prostitution. 
 20 (b) To offer, or to offer or agree to secure, another for 
 21 the purpose of prostitution or for any other lewd or indecent 
 22 act. 
 23 (c) To receive, or to offer or agree to receive, any person 
 24 into any place, structure, building, or conveyance for the 
 25 purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, or to permit 
 26 any person to remain there for such purpose. 
 27 (d) To direct, take, or transport, or to offer or agree to 
 28 direct, take, or transport, any person to any place, structure, 
 29 or building, or to any other person, with knowledge or 
 30 reasonable cause to believe that the purpose of such directing, 
 31 taking, or transporting is prostitution, lewdness, or 
 32 assignation. 
 33 (e) For a person 18 years of age or older to offer to 
 34 commit, or to commit, or to engage in, prostitution, lewdness, 
 35 or assignation. 
 36 (f) To solicit, induce, entice, or procure another to 
 37 commit prostitution, lewdness, or assignation. 
 38 (g) To reside in, enter, or remain in, any place, 
 39 structure, or building, or to enter or remain in any conveyance, 
 40 for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation. 
 41 (h) To aid, abet, or participate in any of the acts or 
 42 things enumerated in this subsection. 
 43 (i) To purchase the services of any person engaged in 
 44 prostitution. 
 45 (4)(a) A person who violates any provision of this section, 
 46 other than paragraph (2)(e) or paragraph (2)(g) (2)(f), commits: 
 47 (a)1. A misdemeanor of the first second degree for a first 
 48 violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 
 49 (b)2. A felony misdemeanor of the third first degree for a 
 50 second violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, or s. 
 51 775.083, or 775.084. 
 52 (c)3. A felony of the second third degree for a third or 
 53 subsequent violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 
 54 775.083, or s. 775.084. 
 55 (b) A person who is charged with a third or subsequent 
 56 violation of this section, other than paragraph (2)(f), shall be 
 57 offered admission to a pretrial intervention program or a 
 58 substance abuse treatment program as provided in s. 948.08. 
 59 (5)(a) A person who violates paragraph (2)(e) or paragraph 
 60 (2)(g) (2)(f) commits: 
 61 1. A misdemeanor of the second first degree for a first 
 62 violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 
 63 2. A misdemeanor felony of the first third degree for a 
 64 second violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or , s. 
 65 775.083, or s. 775.084. 
 66 3. A felony of the third second degree for a third or 
 67 subsequent violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 
 68 775.083, or s. 775.084. 
 69 (7) If the place, structure, building, or conveyance that 
 70 is owned, established, maintained, or operated in violation of 
 71 paragraph (2)(a) is a massage establishment that is or should be 
 72 licensed under s. 480.043, the offense shall be reclassified to 
 73 the next higher degree as follows: 
 74 (a) A misdemeanor of the first second degree for a first 
 75 violation is reclassified as a felony misdemeanor of the third 
 76 first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, or s. 
 77 775.083, or s. 775.084. 
 78 (b) A felony misdemeanor of the third first degree for a 
 79 second violation is reclassified as a felony of the second third 
 80 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 
 81 775.084. 
 82 (c) A felony of the second third degree for a third or 
 83 subsequent violation is reclassified as a felony of the first 
 84 second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, 
 85 or s. 775.084. 
 86 Section 2. Paragraph (l) of subsection (4) and paragraph 
 87 (q) of subsection (5) of section 456.074, Florida Statutes, are 
 88 amended to read: 
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