Existing law makes it a crime to solicit or engage in any act of prostitution. Under existing law, as amended by Proposition 35, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, a person who causes, induces, or persuades a person who is a minor at the time of the commission of the offense to engage in a commercial sex act is guilty of human trafficking, a felony.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that will meaningfully fight child prostitution.