Existing law provides that a person who solicits or agrees to engage in or engages in any act of prostitution is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for no more than 6 months, by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment. Disorderly conduct includes, but is not limited to, soliciting or agreeing to engage in or engaging in any act of prostitution, and agreeing to engage in an act of prostitution when, with specific intent to so engage, the person manifests an acceptance of an offer or solicitation to so engage, regardless of whether the offer or solicitation was made by a person who also possessed the specific intent to engage in prostitution.
California SB 1388 (20132014) — Human trafficking.
Existing law provides that a person who solicits or agrees to engage in or engages in any act of prostitution is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for no more than 6 months, by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment. Disorderly conduct includes, but is not limited to, soliciting or agreeing to engage in or engaging in any act of prostitution, and agreeing to engage in an act of prostitution when, with specific intent to so engage, the person manifests an acceptance of an offer or solicitation to so engage, regardless of whether the offer or solicitation was made by a person who also possessed the specific intent to engage in prostitution.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1388 Lieu Senate Third Reading By COOLEY — 77–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lieu — primary (person)
Cooley — coauthor (person)
Eggman — coauthor (person)
Hill — author (person)
Huff — principal coauthor (person)
Mitchell — author (person)
Olsen — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2014-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2014-03-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-03-18 Set for hearing April 22.
2014-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3218.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
2014-04-29 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2014-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
2014-05-05 Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2014-05-09 Set for hearing May 19.
2014-05-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-05-19 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3592.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-08-04 Withdrawn from committee.
2014-08-04 Ordered to second reading.
2014-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6121.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-18 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-21 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4684.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-08-28 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 714, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36097bbd-8b80-49df-83de-4b56c2057125. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).