---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prostitution: sanctions."
description: "Existing law provides that a person who solicits or agrees to engage in or engages in lewd or dissolute conduct in public, as specified, or an act of prostitution is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. If a defendant is convicted a 2nd time of an act of prostitution, as specified, existing law requires the defendant to be imprisoned in a county jail for a period of not less than 45 days, as specified, and if the defendant is convicted 3 or more times, that minimum period of imprisonment is not less than 90 days, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1129"
citation: "California SB 1129 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prostitution: sanctions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bff417c-1d7c-45a4-ad0d-6f5f45c144f2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1129"
source_hash: "fbb639631c475847a4fabde342ce6dea6456b1ed49a75bfcb4f8bda2da3edc26"
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 SB 1129 (20152016) — Prostitution: sanctions.

Existing law provides that a person who solicits or agrees to engage in or engages in lewd or dissolute conduct in public, as specified, or an act of prostitution is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. If a defendant is convicted a 2nd time of an act of prostitution, as specified, existing law requires the defendant to be imprisoned in a county jail for a period of not less than 45 days, as specified, and if the defendant is convicted 3 or more times, that minimum period of imprisonment is not less than 90 days, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1129&version=20150SB112999INT)
2. **08/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1129&version=20150SB112998AMD)
3. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1129&version=20150SB112996CHP)
4. **SB1129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1129)
5. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1129&version=20150SB112997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1129 Monning Concurrence — **24–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 1129 Monning Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, C. — **41–29** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **23–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Monning — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-31** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2016-03-31** April 12 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-04-01** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3613.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 3737.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 41. Noes 29. Page 5925.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 5362.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 724, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bff417c-1d7c-45a4-ad0d-6f5f45c144f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).