CA SB357

Repeals Penal Code Section 653.22, which criminalized loitering with intent to commit prostitution, effective July 1, 2022.

Allows persons currently serving sentences or who have completed sentences for violating former Section 653.22 to petition courts for dismissal, resentencing, and sealing of their convictions.

Amends Section 647.3 to provide immunity from arrest for prostitution-related offenses (Sections 372, 647(a)-(b), or former 653.22) when reporting or witnessed to serious crimes, and prohibits use of condoms as probable cause for such arrests.

Modifies Section 653.23 to remove loitering-related provisions while maintaining prohibitions on directing, supervising, or collecting proceeds from prostitution activities.

Updates Welfare and Institutions Code sections to treat minors arrested for former Section 653.22 violations as commercially sexually exploited minors presumed to be victims rather than criminals.