Bill Text: CA SB1388 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Human trafficking.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 714, Statutes of 2014. [SB1388 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB1388-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1388 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 714
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 21, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 18, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 2, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 20, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 14, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senators Lieu, Hill, and Mitchell
(Principal coauthor: Senator Huff)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cooley, Eggman, and Olsen)
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
An act to amend Sections 266k and 647 of the Penal Code, relating
to human trafficking.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1388, Lieu. 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.
This bill would provide that if that crime is committed and the
person who was solicited was a minor at the time of the offense, and
if the defendant knew or should have known that the person who was
solicited was a minor at the time of the offense, the violation is
punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than 2 days,
except as specified, and not more than one year, or by a fine not
exceeding $10,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
Existing law authorizes the court to order a person convicted of
violating certain prohibitions against the prostitution of a minor to
pay an additional fine not to exceed $20,000.
This bill would require that the additional fine not exceed
$25,000.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 266k of the Penal Code is amended to read:
266k. (a) Upon the conviction of any person for a violation of
Section 266h or 266i, the court may, in addition to any other penalty
or fine imposed, order the defendant to pay an additional fine not
to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000). In setting the amount of
the fine, the court shall consider any relevant factors including,
but not limited to, the seriousness and gravity of the offense and
the circumstances of its commission, whether the defendant derived
any economic gain as the result of the crime, and the extent to which
the victim suffered losses as a result of the crime. Every fine
imposed and collected under this section shall be deposited in the
Victim-Witness Assistance Fund to be available for appropriation to
fund child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse victim
counseling centers and prevention programs under Section 13837.
(b) Upon the conviction of any person for a violation of Section
266j or 267, the court may, in addition to any other penalty or fine
imposed, order the defendant to pay an additional fine not to exceed
twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(c) Fifty percent of the fines collected pursuant to subdivision
(b) and deposited in the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall be granted to community-based organizations
that serve minor victims of human trafficking.
(d) If the court orders a fine to be imposed pursuant to this
section, the actual administrative cost of collecting that fine, not
to exceed 2 percent of the total amount paid, may be paid into the
general fund of the county treasury for the use and benefit of the
county.
SEC. 2. Section 647 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
647. Except as provided in subdivision (l), every person who
commits any of the following acts is guilty of disorderly conduct, a
misdemeanor:
(a) Who solicits anyone to engage in or who engages in lewd or
dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the
public or exposed to public view.
(b) Who solicits or who agrees to engage in or who engages in any
act of prostitution. A person agrees to engage in an act of
prostitution when, with specific intent to so engage, he or she
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. No
agreement to engage in an act of prostitution shall constitute a
violation of this subdivision unless some act, in addition to the
agreement, is done within this state in furtherance of the commission
of an act of prostitution by the person agreeing to engage in that
act. As used in this subdivision, "prostitution" includes any lewd
act between persons for money or other consideration.
(c) Who accosts other persons in any public place or in any place
open to the public for the purpose of begging or soliciting alms.
(d) Who loiters in or about any toilet open to the public for the
purpose of engaging in or soliciting any lewd or lascivious or any
unlawful act.
(e) Who lodges in any building, structure, vehicle, or place,
whether public or private, without the permission of the owner or
person entitled to the possession or in control of it.
(f) Who is found in any public place under the influence of
intoxicating liquor, any drug, controlled substance, toluene, or any
combination of any intoxicating liquor, drug, controlled substance,
or toluene, in a condition that he or she is unable to exercise care
for his or her own safety or the safety of others, or by reason of
his or her being under the influence of intoxicating liquor, any
drug, controlled substance, toluene, or any combination of any
intoxicating liquor, drug, or toluene, interferes with or obstructs
or prevents the free use of any street, sidewalk, or other public
way.
(g) When a person has violated subdivision (f), a peace officer,
if he or she is reasonably able to do so, shall place the person, or
cause him or her to be placed, in civil protective custody. The
person shall be taken to a facility, designated pursuant to Section
5170 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, for the 72-hour treatment
and evaluation of inebriates. A peace officer may place a person in
civil protective custody with that kind and degree of force which
would be lawful were he or she effecting an arrest for a misdemeanor
without a warrant. A person who has been placed in civil protective
custody shall not thereafter be subject to any criminal prosecution
or juvenile court proceeding based on the facts giving rise to this
placement. This subdivision shall not apply to the following persons:
(1) Any person who is under the influence of any drug, or under
the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and any drug.
(2) Any person who a peace officer has probable cause to believe
has committed any felony, or who has committed any misdemeanor in
addition to subdivision (f).
(3) Any person who a peace officer in good faith believes will
attempt escape or will be unreasonably difficult for medical
personnel to control.
(h) Who loiters, prowls, or wanders upon the private property of
another, at any time, without visible or lawful business with the
owner or occupant. As used in this subdivision, "loiter" means to
delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property
and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be
discovered.
(i) Who, while loitering, prowling, or wandering upon the private
property of another, at any time, peeks in the door or window of any
inhabited building or structure, without visible or lawful business
with the owner or occupant.
(j) (1) Any person who looks through a hole or opening, into, or
otherwise views, by means of any instrumentality, including, but not
limited to, a periscope, telescope, binoculars, camera, motion
picture camera, camcorder, or mobile phone, the interior of a
bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, or
tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which the
occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to
invade the privacy of a person or persons inside. This subdivision
shall not apply to those areas of a private business used to count
currency or other negotiable instruments.
(2) Any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture
camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape,
film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another,
identifiable person under or through the clothing being worn by that
other person, for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the
undergarments worn by, that other person, without the consent or
knowledge of that other person, with the intent to arouse, appeal to,
or gratify the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person and
invade the privacy of that other person, under circumstances in which
the other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
(3) (A) Any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture
camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape,
film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another,
identifiable person who may be in a state of full or partial undress,
for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn
by, that other person, without the consent or knowledge of that other
person, in the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room,
fitting room, dressing room, or tanning booth, or the interior of any
other area in which that other person has a reasonable expectation
of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of that other
person.
(B) Neither of the following is a defense to the crime specified
in this paragraph:
(i) The defendant was a cohabitant, landlord, tenant, cotenant,
employer, employee, or business partner or associate of the victim,
or an agent of any of these.
(ii) The victim was not in a state of full or partial undress.
(4) (A) Any person who photographs or records by any means the
image of the intimate body part or parts of another identifiable
person, under circumstances where the parties agree or understand
that the image shall remain private, and the person subsequently
distributes the image taken, with the intent to cause serious
emotional distress, and the depicted person suffers serious emotional
distress.
(B) As used in this paragraph, "intimate body part" means any
portion of the genitals, and in the case of a female, also includes
any portion of the breasts below the top of the areola, that is
either uncovered or visible through less than fully opaque clothing.
(C) This subdivision shall not preclude punishment under any
section of law providing for greater punishment.
(k) In any accusatory pleading charging a violation of subdivision
(b), if the defendant has been once previously convicted of a
violation of that subdivision, the previous conviction shall be
charged in the accusatory pleading. If the previous conviction is
found to be true by the jury, upon a jury trial, or by the court,
upon a court trial, or is admitted by the defendant, the defendant
shall be imprisoned in a county jail for a period of not less than 45
days and shall not be eligible for release upon completion of
sentence, on probation, on parole, on work furlough or work release,
or on any other basis until he or she has served a period of not less
than 45 days in a county jail. In all cases in which probation is
granted, the court shall require as a condition thereof that the
person be confined in a county jail for at least 45 days. In no event
does the court have the power to absolve a person who violates this
subdivision from the obligation of spending at least 45 days in
confinement in a county jail.
In any accusatory pleading charging a violation of subdivision
(b), if the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times
of a violation of that subdivision, each of these previous
convictions shall be charged in the accusatory pleading. If two or
more of these previous convictions are found to be true by the jury,
upon a jury trial, or by the court, upon a court trial, or are
admitted by the defendant, the defendant shall be imprisoned in a
county jail for a period of not less than 90 days and shall not be
eligible for release upon completion of sentence, on probation, on
parole, on work furlough or work release, or on any other basis until
he or she has served a period of not less than 90 days in a county
jail. In all cases in which probation is granted, the court shall
require as a condition thereof that the person be confined in a
county jail for at least 90 days. In no event does the court have the
power to absolve a person who violates this subdivision from the
obligation of spending at least 90 days in confinement in a county
jail.
In addition to any punishment prescribed by this section, a court
may suspend, for not more than 30 days, the privilege of the person
to operate a motor vehicle pursuant to Section 13201.5 of the Vehicle
Code for any violation of subdivision (b) that was committed within
1,000 feet of a private residence and with the use of a vehicle. In
lieu of the suspension, the court may order a person's privilege to
operate a motor vehicle restricted, for not more than six months, to
necessary travel to and from the person's place of employment or
education. If driving a motor vehicle is necessary to perform the
duties of the person's employment, the court may also allow the
person to drive in that person's scope of employment.
(l) (1) A second or subsequent violation of subdivision (j) is
punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year,
or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both
that fine and imprisonment.
(2) If the victim of a violation of subdivision (j) was a minor at
the time of the offense, the violation is punishable by imprisonment
in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding
two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(m) (1) If a crime is committed in violation of subdivision (b)
and the person who was solicited was a minor at the time of the
offense, and if the defendant knew or should have known that the
person who was solicited was a minor at the time of the offense, the
violation is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not less
than two days and not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding
ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and
imprisonment.
(2) The court may, in unusual cases, when the interests of justice
are best serviced, reduce or eliminate the mandatory two days of
imprisonment in a county jail required by this subdivision. If the
court reduces or eliminates the mandatory two days' imprisonment, the
court shall specify the reason on the record.
