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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1084
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROSALIND JONES
CRIME: (Constitutional Amendment) Amends the constitution to declare prostitution a
vice
A JOINT RESOLUTION1
Proposing to add Article XII, Section 16 of the Constitution of Louisiana, to provide that2
prostitution is a vice and is not a victimless crime; to provide that the legislature shall3
suppress prostitution; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the4
electors; and to provide for related matters.5
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members6
elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of7
Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to add8
Article XII, Section 16 of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:9
§16. Prostitution10
Section 16. Prostitution shall be suppressed by the legislature. No law shall11
be enacted to legalize or legitimize prostitution. Prostitution is a vice and is not a12
victimless crime.13
Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted14
to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 2,15
2010.16
Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election17
there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted18
to vote FOR or AGAINST, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall19
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To provide that the legislature shall suppress prostitution, which is not a1
victimless crime. (Adds Article XII, Section 16)2
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Rosalind Jones HB No. 1084
Abstract: Provides that prostitution is not a victimless crime and shall be suppressed by the
legislature.
Proposed constitutional amendment provides that prostitution is not a victimless crime and
shall be suppressed by the legislature. No law shall be enacted to legalize or legitimize
prostitution.
Provides for submission of the proposed amendment to the voters at the statewide election
to be held November 2, 2010.
(Adds Const. Art. XII, §16)