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CA AB2749

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/20/2026

Primary Sponsor

Nick Schultz

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Penal Code Section 653.25 regarding loitering with intent to purchase commercial sex
  • Raises the evidentiary standard from "acting in a manner that openly demonstrates the purpose" of soliciting prostitution to requiring "a direct but ineffectual act" that shows "definite and unambiguous intent"
  • Eliminates specific examples of prohibited behavior such as circling an area in a vehicle, beckoning to pedestrians, or making unauthorized stops along known prostitution tracks
  • Maintains the $1,000 fine for violations, with proceeds deposited in the Survivor Support Fund
  • Introduced by Assembly Members Sharp-Collins and Schultz on February 20, 2026

Legislative Description

Crimes: loitering.

Last Action

Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

3/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Public Safety3/16/2026

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