republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1322.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial sex acts: minors."
description: "Existing law makes it a crime to solicit or engage in any act of prostitution. Existing law makes it a crime to loiter in any public place with the intent to commit prostitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1322"
citation: "California SB 1322 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial sex acts: minors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e8c22d7-3ead-4c93-b006-5cb94910b431"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1322"
source_hash: "885a0334d0bd7dc299d3fac9797e2eac52df274ea15d0f5424c3093903ed4ce5"
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 1322 (20152016) — Commercial sex acts: minors.

Existing law makes it a crime to solicit or engage in any act of prostitution. Existing law makes it a crime to loiter in any public place with the intent to commit prostitution.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1322&version=20150SB132299INT)
2. **04/26/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1322&version=20150SB132298AMD)
3. **05/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1322&version=20150SB132297AMD)
4. **08/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1322&version=20150SB132296AMD)
5. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1322&version=20150SB132294CHP)
6. **SB1322** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1322)
7. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1322&version=20150SB132295ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1322 Mitchell Senate Third Reading By STONE — **42–29** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1322 Mitchell Concurrence — **29–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-07** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 3. Page 3614.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2016-05-09** May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4008.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 4144.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** 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 42. Noes 29. Page 5929.) 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 29. Noes 9. Page 5363.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 654, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e8c22d7-3ead-4c93-b006-5cb94910b431`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).