AB 1771: School attendance: school districts of choice: continued enrollment.

(1)Existing law makes a person who directs, supervises, recruits, or otherwise aids another person in the commission of an act of prostitution, or who collects or receives all or part of the proceeds earned from an act of prostitution committed by another person, guilty of a misdemeanor that is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for no more than 6 months, by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine. Existing law specifies circumstances that may be used to determine if a person has committed the offense, including repeatedly speaking or communicating with another person, or repeatedly or continuously monitoring or watching another person, who is loitering in a public place with the intent to commit prostitution.

This bill would establish additional circumstances that may be used to determine if a person has committed that offense, including, but not limited to, repeatedly speaking or communicating with, or repeatedly or continuously monitoring or watching, another person who solicits or agrees to engage in any act of prostitution.

(2)Under existing law, a person who is under 18 years of age when he or she violates the law may be adjudged a ward of the court.

This bill would authorize a court to dismiss the petition against the juvenile upon a finding that he or she committed certain acts of prostitution due to coercion or duress, as defined.