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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 185

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Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.

Juvenile court Juvenile delinquency Prostitution Youth

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person who is under the age of 18 may be prosecuted or

adjudicated delinquent for committing an act of prostitution, a Class A

misdemeanor. Under this bill, a person who is under the age of 18 may not be

prosecuted or adjudicated delinquent for committing an act of prostitution. This bill

also eliminates the option under current law in cases where a person under the age

of 18 has committed an act of prostitution for a court to enter a consent decree under

the Juvenile Justice Code, or a deferred prosecution agreement under the Juvenile

Justice Code or adult criminal statutes, if the court determines that a consent decree

or deferred prosecution agreement will serve the best interests of the person being

prosecuted and will not harm society.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , B. Meyers (D) , Baldeh (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Haywood (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Neubauer (D) , Novak (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Rozar (R) , S. Rodriguez (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D) , Wichgers (R)

20 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Doyle (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Jacque (R) , James, Plumer and Andraca , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ringhand (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Stubbs (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Billings, Kitchens, Armstrong, Baldeh, Bowen, Cabrera, Considine, Conley, Emerson, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Krug, B. Meyers, Moses, Mursau, Neubauer, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Rozar, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Subeck, Tusler, Vining and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Johnson, Bernier, Carpenter, Cowles, Erpenbach, Jacque, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Smith, L. Taylor and Ballweg

  2. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. May 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor

  4. Sep 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  5. Sep 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Representatives James, Plumer and Andraca added as coauthors

  6. Oct 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Senator Bewley added as a cosponsor

  7. Oct 15, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Billings

  8. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Milroy added as a coauthor

  9. Nov 30, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Doyle added as a coauthor

  10. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1