Delaware House Bill 347 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 24 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-24 - Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act makes patronizing a prostitute a Class G felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000 unless the actor has been convicted of the same offense in the last 5 years, in which case it is a Class F felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000. This Act makes patronizing a prostitute by agreeing to engage in sexual contact with a person younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the person at the time of the offense, a class D Felony. This Act also makes patronizing a prostitute within 1,000 feet of any school, residence, church, synagogue, or other place of worship a class F Felony with a minimum mandatory fine of $2,000.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Patronizing A Prostitute.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]
Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]
Rep. Michael Smith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-24		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=89279
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=89279&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB347