republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-420.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prostitution."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 420"
citation: "California SB 420 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prostitution."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huff"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/841ae15e-0e56-46c1-bc16-f3479120e801"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB420"
source_hash: "8f8ae49b6647d91ad5bd094728938786a455eccc35f067bace4c43e1b8dead2c"
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 420 (20152016) — Prostitution.

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.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB420&version=20150SB42099INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB420&version=20150SB42098AMD)
3. **04/27/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB420&version=20150SB42097AMD)
4. **08/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB420&version=20150SB42096AMD)
5. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB420&version=20150SB42094CHP)
6. **SB420** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB420)
7. **09/06/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB420&version=20150SB42095ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 420 Huff Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, C. — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB420 Huff Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill measure be retained in committee, and subject matter be referred to Rules Committee for assignment to the proper committee. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 420 Huff Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, C. — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huff — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-07** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2015-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 729.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 879.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** June 16 hearing: Held in committee for interim study.
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5517.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-01** Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-01** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2016-08-02** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2016-08-04** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed and ordered to the Senate.
- **2016-08-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-11** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6365.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5571.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 734, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/841ae15e-0e56-46c1-bc16-f3479120e801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).