---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prostitution: minors."
description: "Existing law makes it a crime to engage in specified forms of disorderly conduct, including soliciting or agreeing to engage in, or engaging in, any act of prostitution and makes that crime a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1791"
citation: "California AB 1791 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prostitution: minors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47644047-5ff0-407b-8ea6-8b323dbb1597"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1791"
source_hash: "a546d5a1d3f299b0a6675c63396224db5340f0562eaf380cee45a6a2d36daf84"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1791 (20132014) — Prostitution: minors.

Existing law makes it a crime to engage in specified forms of disorderly conduct, including soliciting or agreeing to engage in, or engaging in, any act of prostitution and makes that crime a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1791&version=20130AB179199INT)
2. **05/07/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1791&version=20130AB179198AMD)
3. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1791&version=20130AB179196CHP)
4. **AB1791** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1791)
5. **08/15/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1791&version=20130AB179197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1791 Maienschein By Cannella — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1791 MAIENSCHEIN Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Patterson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5011.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4457.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 710, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47644047-5ff0-407b-8ea6-8b323dbb1597`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).