Changes to Existing Law

Any A person aged sixteen who is eighteen years of age or older and who engages6 in or offers to engage in sexual activity for a fee or other compensation is guilty of prostitution. Prostitution is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Any A person who hires or attempts to hire another person for a fee or other compensation to engage in sexual activity is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, if the A person has been who is convicted of, or has pled guilty to, one or more violations of this12 section or § 22-23-2 in the previous ten years, the person is guilty of a Class 6 felony.13