California Senate Bill 1204 is a new bill that would expand California’s prosecution of "pandering" to include any person who “arranges, causes, encourages, induces, persuades, or procures another person to be a prostitute.”
This change in the law would make sex work more dangerous, exposing escorts to near limitless legal harassment and prosecution.
The new law is written so broadly and poorly that it would criminalize conversations about sex work — each punishable by a mandatory three-to-six years in prison.
"Pandering" is a "Felony"
Provide a condom to an escort ? - go to prison
Make sure a sex worker gets home safe ? - go to prison
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