Virginia House Bill 51 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 21 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Prostitution; solicitation; penalties. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for a third or subsequent offense of solicitation of prostitution from an adult. The bill also makes it a Class 5 felony to solicit prostitution from any minor. Under current law, any person who solicits prostitution from a minor is guilty of a Class 6 felony if the minor is 16 years of age or older or a Class 5 felony if the minor is younger than 16 years of age. Finally, the bill increases the fines for certain offenses related to sex trafficking from $100 to $1,000 and from $500 to $2,500, respectively.

Prostitution; increases penalties for a third or subsequent offense of solicitation from an adult.

Del. Kim Taylor [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-12-21	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-12-21	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100654D

SB700 (Similar To) 2024-01-31 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	69.48:6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
17	1	275.13	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	346.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB51
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB51+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB51F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB51F122+PDF