Skip to content

Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 245

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Erpenbach (D) , Jacque (R) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ringhand (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D)

39 cosponsors

Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , B. Meyers (D) , Baldeh (D) , Bewley (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Haywood (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , James and Plumer , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Milroy (D) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Neubauer (D) , Novak (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Rozar (R) , S. Rodriguez (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2

Passed 5–2 Oct 14, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2

Passed 5–2 Oct 14, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 24, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Darling, Johnson, Bernier, Carpenter, Cowles, Erpenbach, Jacque, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Smith, L. Taylor and Ballweg; cosponsored 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

  2. Mar 24, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Ohnstad added as a cosponsor

  4. Sep 21, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  5. Sep 23, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Sep 23, 2021 · Senate

    Representatives James and Plumer added as cosponsors

  7. Sep 27, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor

  8. Oct 6, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Bewley added as a coauthor

  9. Oct 12, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Darling

  10. Oct 14, 2021 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2

  11. Oct 14, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2

  12. Oct 14, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  13. Oct 14, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  14. Oct 21, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Milroy added as a cosponsor

  15. Nov 30, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor

  16. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1