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AZ SB1701

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/2/2022

Primary Sponsor

Sally Gonzales

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Removes the "employee" definition from prostitution law and changes Section 13-3208 to criminalize entering a house of prostitution or engaging a prostitution enterprise for sexual conduct, rather than being employed at such a location.

  • Adds a new provision in Section 13-3212 prohibiting prosecution of minors who are victims of child prostitution under prostitution statutes.

  • Exempts minors from prosecution under Section 13-3214 for engaging in prostitution, establishing that the prostitution statute does not apply to minors.

  • Changes language in Section 13-3212 from "permitting" to "allowing" a minor under one's custody to engage in prostitution in the definition of child sex trafficking.

  • Adds requirement in Section 13-3214 that city and town ordinances addressing prostitution by minors cannot impose punishments greater than those provided under state law.

Legislative Description

Prostitution; children; trafficking

Children

Last Action

Senate read second time

2/3/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules2/2/2022
Judiciary2/2/2022

Full Bill Text

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