S-0521.1
SENATE BILL 5277
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State of Washington | 64th Legislature | 2015 Regular Session |
By Senators Kohl-Welles, Darneille, Padden, Pedersen, Fain, Frockt, Keiser, Chase, and Fraser
Read first time 01/16/15. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
AN ACT Relating to making the crime of patronizing a prostitute a gross misdemeanor; amending RCW
9A.88.110; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 9A.88.110 and 1988 c 146 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A person is guilty of patronizing a prostitute if:
(a) Pursuant to a prior understanding, he or she pays a fee to another person as compensation for such person or a third person having engaged in sexual conduct with him or her; or
(b) He or she pays or agrees to pay a fee to another person pursuant to an understanding that in return therefor such person will engage in sexual conduct with him or her; or
(c) He or she solicits or requests another person to engage in sexual conduct with him or her in return for a fee.
(2) For purposes of this section, "sexual conduct" has the meaning given in RCW
9A.88.030.
(3) Patronizing a prostitute is a gross misdemeanor.
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