Bill Text: FL S0874 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prostitution
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-24 - Withdrawn from further consideration, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 545 (Ch. 2016-24) [S0874 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0874-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2016 SB 874 By Senator Hutson 6-01068-16 2016874__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to prostitution; amending s. 39.01, 3 F.S.; revising the definition of the term “sexual 4 abuse of a child” to delete references to prostitution 5 offenses; providing an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subsection (69) of section 10 39.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 11 39.01 Definitions.—When used in this chapter, unless the 12 context otherwise requires: 13 (69) “Sexual abuse of a child” for purposes of finding a 14 child to be dependent means one or more of the following acts: 15 (g) The sexual exploitation of a child, which includesthe16act of a child offering to engage in or engaging in17prostitution, provided that the child is not under arrest or is18not being prosecuted in a delinquency or criminal proceeding for19a violation of any offense in chapter 796 based on such20behavior; orallowing, encouraging, or forcing a child to: 211. Solicit for or engage in prostitution;22 1.2.Engage in a sexual performance,as defined by chapter 23 827; or 24 2.3.Participate in the trade of human trafficking as 25 provided in s. 787.06(3)(g). 26 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.