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 12/02/24 - Introduced

 AB-63 Loitering with intent to commit prostitution.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 03/27/2025 09:00 PM

AB63:v97#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 27, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 24, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 63

Introduced by Assembly Member Michelle Rodriguez

December 02, 2024

An act to add Sections 653.20 and 653.22 to the Penal Code, relating to crimes. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 63, as amended, Michelle Rodriguez.
 Loitering with intent to commit prostitution.

Existing law, until January 1, 2023, prohibited loitering in a public place with the intent to commit prostitution, as defined, and made that crime a misdemeanor.

This bill would reinstate those provisions and would prohibit California law enforcement, as defined, from making an arrest pursuant to these provisions solely based on the individual’s gender identity or sexual preference. orientation. The bill would also require law enforcement, prior to making an arrest of the individual pursuant to these provisions, to document their attempts to offer the individual services.
 By creating a new crime, and by imposing new duties on local law enforcement, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 YES 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 653.20 is added to the Penal Code, immediately following Section 653.2, to read:

653.20.

 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) “California law “Law enforcement” means any department or agency of the state or any local government, special district, or other political subdivision thereof, that employs any peace officer, as described in Section 830.

(b) “Commit prostitution” means to engage in sexual conduct for money or other consideration, but does not include sexual conduct engaged in as a part of any stage performance,
 play, or other entertainment open to the public.

(c) “Loiter” means to delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be discovered.

(d) “Public place” means an area open to the public, or an alley, plaza, park, driveway, or parking lot, or an automobile, whether moving or not, or a building open to the general public, including one that serves food or drink, or provides entertainment, or the doorways and entrances to a building or dwelling, or the grounds enclosing a building or dwelling.

SEC. 2.

 Section 653.22 is added to the Penal Code, immediately following Section 653.20, to read:

653.22.

 (a) (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), it is unlawful for any person to loiter in a public place with the intent to commit prostitution. This intent is evidenced by acting in a manner and under circumstances that openly demonstrate the purpose of inducing, enticing, or soliciting prostitution, or procuring another to commit prostitution.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), this subdivision does not apply to a child under 18 years of age who is alleged to have engaged in conduct that would, if committed by an adult, violate this subdivision. A commercially exploited child under this paragraph may be adjudged a dependent child of the court pursuant
 to Section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and may be taken into temporary custody pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 305 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, if the conditions allowing temporary custody without warrant are met.

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