Loitering with intent to commit prostitution.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on how much local governments may need to spend or what kind of help police must offer before making an arrest.

Loitering with Intent to Commit Prostitution

This law makes it illegal to loiter in public places with the intent to commit prostitution and restricts police from making arrests based on gender identity or sexual orientation.

What This Bill Does

• Makes it a crime to stay in one place in public with the goal of committing prostitution.
• Does not allow police to arrest someone just because of their gender identity or sexual orientation.
• Requires law enforcement to document attempts to offer services before making an arrest.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who might be looking for customers in public places to sell sexual services.
• Law enforcement officers who will have to follow these rules when making arrests.

Terms To Know

Loitering

Staying in one place for a long time without doing anything useful, often looking for customers or trouble.

Prostitution

The act of selling sexual services for money.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify the exact penalties for breaking this new law.
• Does not explain what kind of help police must offer before making an arrest.

Official Summary Text

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.

Current Bill Text

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