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2013 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-346 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-346. Prostitution; commercial sexual conduct; commercial exploitation of a minor; penalties.
A. Any person who, for money or its equivalent, (i) commits
adultery, fornication, or any act in violation of § 18.2-361, or (ii)
offers to commit adultery, fornication, or any act in violation of §
18.2-361 and thereafter does any substantial act in furtherance thereof,
shall be is guilty of being a prostitute, or prostitution,
which shall be is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
B. Any person who offers money or its equivalent to another
for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts as enumerated above in
subsection A and thereafter does any substantial act in furtherance thereof
shall be is guilty of solicitation of prostitution and shall be
guilty of, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. However,
any person who solicits prostitution from a minor (i) 16 years of age or older
is guilty of a Class 6 felony or (ii) younger than 16 years of age is guilty of
a Class 5 felony.
2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities; therefore, Chapter 3 of the Acts of Assembly of 2012, Special Session I, requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.