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CS/CS/CS/HB 1439: Prostitution, Lewdness, Human Trafficking, and Public Lodging

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Commerce Committee ; Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee ; Toledo ; Busatta ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Chaney ; Fetterhoff ; Mooney ; Morales ; Smith, D.

Prostitution, Lewdness, Human Trafficking, and Public Lodging; Prohibits public lodging establishment from offering hourly rate for accommodation; increases criminal penalties for soliciting or procuring another person to commit prostitution or purchasing services of person engaged in prostitution; provides for additional court-ordered requirements, minimum mandatory period of incarceration, & civil penalty; provides that human trafficking victim expunction of criminal history records does not apply to specified offenses; removes requirement for specific evidentiary standard when determining human trafficking victim status in absence of official documentation; creates Statewide Data Repository for Anonymous Human Trafficking.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/1/2022 House - Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 898 (Ch. 2022-222)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/10/2022 House • Filed
1/11/2022 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/16/2022 House • Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
1/21/2022 House • PCS added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
1/25/2022 House • Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
1/26/2022 House • Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
1/28/2022 House • Original reference removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Commerce Committee
• Added to Commerce Committee agenda
2/1/2022 House • Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
• Reported out of Commerce Committee
2/2/2022 House • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
2/4/2022 House • Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Judiciary Committee
• Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
2/8/2022 House • Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
2/9/2022 House • Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
2/11/2022 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
2/24/2022 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
3/1/2022 House • Substituted CS/CS/SB 772 (Died in Senate Returning Messages)
• Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 898 (Ch. 2022-222)