Oklahoma 2024 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB2054 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 03/23/2023

                     
 
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ENGROSSED HOUSE 
BILL NO. 2054 	By: Roberts and Boles of the 
House 
 
   and 
 
  Weaver of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
 
[ crimes and punishments - penalties for prostitution 
– codification - effective date -  
 	emergency ] 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY    21 O.S. 2021, Section 1029, as 
amended by Section 3, Chapter 20, O.S.L. 2022 (21 O.S. Supp. 2022, 
Section 1029), is amended to read as foll ows: 
Section 1029. A.  It shall further be unlawful: 
1.  To engage in prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; 
2.  To solicit, induce, or entice, or procure another person to 
commit pay a fee for an act of lewdness, assignation, or 
prostitution, with himself or herself; 
3.  To reside in, enter, or remain in any h ouse, place, 
building, or other structure, or to enter or remain in any vehicle, 
trailer, or other conveyance with the intent of committing an act of 
prostitution, lewdness, or assigna tion; or   
 
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4. To knowingly offer to pay a fee or agree to pay a fee to 
another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct, as 
such term is defined in subsection B of Section 1024.1 of this 
title, with that person or another; or 
5. To aid, abet, or participate in the doing of any of the acts 
prohibited in paragraph 1, 2 or, 3 or 4 of this subsection. 
B. Any prohibited act described in paragraph 1, 2, 3 or, 4 or 5 
of subsection A of this section committed with a person under 
eighteen (18) years of age shall be deemed child prostitution, as 
defined in Section 1030 of this title, and shall be punishable as 
provided in Section 1031 of this title. 
C.  No child who is a victim of human trafficking shall be 
subject to juvenile delinquency or cri minal proceedings for the 
offenses described in subsection A of this section which occurred as 
a result of the child being a victim of human trafficking. 
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     21 O.S. 2021, Section 1031, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 1031. A.  Except as provided in subsection B or, C, D 
or E of this section, any person violating any of the provisions of 
Section 1028, paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 5 of subsection A of Section 1029 
or 1030 of this title shall , upon conviction, be guilty of a 
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment 
in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than 
one (1) year or by fines as follows:  a fine of not more than Two   
 
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Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) upon the first conviction 
for violation of any of such provisions, a fine of not more t han 
Five Thousand Dollars ($ 5,000.00) upon the second conviction for 
violation of any of such provisi ons, and a fine of not more than 
Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) upon the thi rd or 
subsequent convictions for violation of any of such prov isions, or 
by both such imprisonment and fine.  In addition, the court may 
require a term of communit y service of not less than forty (40) nor 
more than eighty (80) hours.  The court in which any such conviction 
is had shall notify the county superintenden t of public health of 
such conviction. 
B.  Any person who engages in an act of prostitution with 
knowledge that they are he or she is infected with the human 
immunodeficiency virus shall , upon conviction, be guilty of a felony 
punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Departme nt of 
Corrections for not more than five (5) years. 
C.  Any person who engages in an act of child prosti tution, as 
defined in Section 1030 of this title , shall, upon conviction, be 
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment i n the custody of the 
Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years and by 
fines as follows:  a fine of not more than Fi ve Thousand Dollars 
($5,000.00) upon the first conviction, a f ine of not more than Ten 
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) upon th e second conviction, and a f ine   
 
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of not more than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) upon the 
third or subsequent convictions. 
D.  Any person violating any of the provisions of Section 1028, 
1029 or 1030 of this title within one thousand (1,000) feet of a 
school or church shall , upon conviction, be guilty of a felony and, 
upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of 
the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5 ) years or by 
fines as follows:  a fine of not more than Two T housand Five Hundred 
Dollars ($2,500.00) upon the first conviction for violation of any 
of such provisions, a fine of not more than Five Thousand Doll ars 
($5,000.00) upon the second conviction f or violation of any of such 
provisions, and a fine of not more than Seven Thousand Five Hu ndred 
Dollars ($7,500.00) upon the third or subsequent convictions for 
violation of any of such provisions, or by both suc h imprisonment 
and fine.  In addition, the c ourt may require a term of community 
service of not less than forty (40) nor more than eig hty (80) hours.  
The court in which any such conviction is had shall notify the 
county superintendent of public health of such conviction. 
E. Any person violating pa ragraph 4 of subsection A of Section 
1029 of this title shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony and 
shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of subsection B 
of Section 3 of this act.   
 
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SECTION 3.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1040.57 of Title 21, unless 
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  It shall be unlawful for any person who pays a fee for a 
sexual encounter to publish a review of that sexual encounter or to 
publish a review of the pubic area, buttocks, or breasts experienced 
in the sexual encounter on a website that facilitates, encourages, 
offers, solicits or promotes sexual conduct with another for a fee. 
B. 1.  Any person who violates the provisions of this section 
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by 
imprisonment in the Department of Corrections for a term of not more 
than three (3) years and by fines as follows: 
a. not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) upon 
the first conviction, 
b. not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars 
($2,500.00) upon the second conviction, and 
c. not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) upon 
the third or subsequent conviction s. 
2.  Any person who violates the provisions of this section where 
the victim of the offense is under eighteen (18) years of age at th e 
time of the offense shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony 
punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of 
Corrections for a term of not more than ten (10) years and by fines 
as follows:   
 
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a. not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) upon 
the first conviction, 
b. not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) upon 
the second conviction, and 
c. not more than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) 
upon the third or subsequent convictions. 
3.  The terms of imprisonment specified in this subsection shall 
not be subject to statutory provisions for suspension , deferral or 
probation or state correctional institution earned credits accruing 
from and after November 1, 1989, except for the achievement earned 
credits authorized by subsection H of Section 138 of Title 57 of the 
Oklahoma Statutes.  To qualify for such achi evement earned credits, 
such inmates must also be in compliance with the stand ards for Class 
level 2 behavior, as de fined in subsection D of Section 138 of Title 
57 of the Oklahoma Statutes. 
4.  Upon a third conviction, the person shall be required to 
register as a sex offender under the Sex Offenders Registration Act 
and shall be assigned a risk level of one.  Upon a sixth conviction, 
the person shall be assigned a risk level of two. 
C.  As used in this section, "publish" means to circulate, 
deliver, distribute, disseminate, transmit , or otherwise make 
available to another person. 
SECTION 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.   
 
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SECTION 5.  It being immediately necessary for the preserva tion 
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby 
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and 
be in full force from and after its passage and approval. 
Passed the House of Representatives the 22nd day of March, 2023. 
 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the House 
 	of Representatives 
 
 
 
Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2023. 
 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the Senate