--- type: "Bill" title: "Crimes: loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense." description: "Existing law prohibits soliciting or engaging in an act of prostitution, as specified. Existing law also prohibits loitering in a public place with the intent to commit prostitution, as defined, or directing, supervising, recruiting, or aiding a person who is loitering with the intent to commit prostitution, or collecting or receiving all or part of the proceeds of an act of prostitution. Under existing law, a violation of any of these provisions is a misdemeanor." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 357" citation: "California SB 357 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Crimes: loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"] version_count: 8 action_count: 35 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2021-02-09" last_action: "2022-07-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbc566e1-9e52-45c7-81bb-31166ad15eda" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB357" source_hash: "a06144561a89465d479f9166336d7fad28665b4011724a289d18e2e75a2ad230" 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 357 (20212022) — Crimes: loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense. Existing law prohibits soliciting or engaging in an act of prostitution, as specified. Existing law also prohibits loitering in a public place with the intent to commit prostitution, as defined, or directing, supervising, recruiting, or aiding a person who is loitering with the intent to commit prostitution, or collecting or receiving all or part of the proceeds of an act of prostitution. Under existing law, a violation of any of these provisions is a misdemeanor. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/09/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB357&version=20210SB35799INT) 2. **03/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB357&version=20210SB35798AMD) 3. **04/05/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB357&version=20210SB35797AMD) 4. **07/01/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB357&version=20210SB35793CHP) 5. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB357&version=20210SB35796AMD) 6. **09/01/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB357&version=20210SB35795AMD) 7. **SB357** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB357) 8. **06/22/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB357&version=20210SB35794ENR) ## Votes - SB 357 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — **41–29** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB357 Wiener et al. Concurrence — **26–9** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading SB357 Wiener et al. — **29–9** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Wiener — primary (person) - Carrillo — coauthor (person) - Kalra — principal coauthor (person) - Kamlager — coauthor (person) - Lee — coauthor (person) - Quirk — coauthor (person) - Wicks — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2021-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12. - **2021-02-17** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. - **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) - **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.) - **2021-03-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2021-03-19** Set for hearing April 13. - **2021-04-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 778.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3. - **2021-05-04** May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20. - **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1189.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1330.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-09-01** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-09-01** Ordered to third reading. - **2021-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 41. Noes 29. Page 3109.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2021-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 2624.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-09-10** Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling. - **2021-09-10** Ordered held at the Desk. - **2022-06-20** Ordered to enrgrossing and enrolling. - **2022-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m. - **2022-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 86, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbc566e1-9e52-45c7-81bb-31166ad15eda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).