FL S0760

Expands the definition of "coercion" in human trafficking law to include withholding earned income from a person and providing alcohol or any other drug (not limited to Schedules I and II controlled substances).

Adds new prohibitions on facilitating or enabling persons to be received into places for prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, and creates a new felony offense for knowingly soliciting, recruiting, harboring, or procuring another person for prostitution while financially benefiting.

Establishes felony penalties for violating prostitution laws: second-degree felony for owning/operating establishments for prostitution; second-degree felony for first offense of directing/transporting persons for prostitution, escalating to first-degree felony for subsequent violations.

Removes enhanced penalties for massage establishments that were previously reclassified to higher felony degrees under the former law.

Updates cross-references in massage therapist licensing and the prostitution solicitation public database to reflect the restructured penalty provisions.