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1996 SESSION

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HB 236 Prostitution; penalties.

Introduced by: Thelma S. Drake | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Being a prostitute or prostitution; penalties. Increases the penalty for prostitution from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony and increases the penalty for solicitation from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor with a mandatory, minimum 60 days in jail and a 1-year driver's license suspension. This bill also creates a new subsection for committing prostitution or solicitation of prostitution after testing positive for HIV, punishable as a Class 5 felony.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/96  House: Presented & ordered printed 962117216  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/10/96  House: Presented & ordered printed 962117216
• 01/10/96  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/02/96  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
• 02/11/96  House: Continued to 1997 in Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)