2025 bills / H.B. 22
H.B. 22 Prostitution Offense Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
According to the official description, this bill:
- adds and modifies definitions
- reorganizes provisions concerning prostitution and related offenses
- for clarity, revises names of certain prostitution-related offenses
- for clarity, provides that a child may not be prosecuted for engaging in sexual solicitation or prostitution
- separates existing prostitution-related offenses into separate offenses based on the ages of the individuals involved
- provides new penalties for child offenders of certain prostitution-related offenses that are based on the age of the child offender
- for clarity, revises the offense of engaging in prostitution or sexual solicitation as an HIV positive offender
- adds several prostitution-related offenses to the list of offenses for which a minor may not receive a nonjudicial adjustment
- includes a coordination clause to explain that amendments to certain sections in this bill will supersede amendments to those sections in H.B. 21, Criminal Code Recodification and Cross References, if both bills pass and become law
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 72 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · 1/22/2025 11:16 AMWho voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · 1/31/2025 4:02 PMWho voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · 1/31/2025 4:04 PMWho voted how
- 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/5/2025 2:51 PMWho voted how
- 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal Senate vote · 2/6/2025 2:53 PMWho voted how
- 71 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · 2/10/2025 11:17 AMWho voted how