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Assembly approves AB 379 to expand penalties for solicitation of minors, boost survivor support
Summary
The California Assembly passed AB 379 on May 1, 2025, unanimously, creating new felony and misdemeanor offenses targeting adults who solicit minors, increasing fines for businesses that enable trafficking, and directing fines into a survivor support fund and prosecution grants.
The California State Assembly on May 1, 2025 passed Assembly Bill 379, a measure that expands criminal penalties for adults who solicit minors and increases civil and administrative enforcement against businesses that allow trafficking on their premises, by a recorded vote of 72-0.
AB 379, introduced on the Assembly floor by Assemblymember Schultz, adds several enforcement tools and survivor supports to state law. The bill authorizes felony punishment for solicitation of any minor by an adult more than three years older than the minor, makes a second or subsequent solicitation violation a felony, creates a misdemeanor offense for loitering with intent to purchase commercial sex, and requires persons convicted of solicitation who receive probation to attend a mandatory education program on human trafficking and child…
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