republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-357.md

---
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).