ESB 6254 -
By Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
ADOPTED 03/01/2012
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 9A.88.070 and 2007 c 368 s 13 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first
degree if he or she knowingly advances prostitution:
(a) By compelling a person by threat or force to engage in
prostitution or profits from prostitution which results from such
threat or force; or
(b) By compelling a person with a mental incapacity or
developmental disability that renders the person incapable of consent
to engage in prostitution or profits from prostitution that results
from such compulsion.
(2) Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B
felony."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Clarifies that the bill does not include profiting from prostitution under the offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree unless it is related to compelling a mentally incapacitated or developmental disabled person to engage in prostitution.