BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 5081: Prostitute patrons
Authorizing law enforcement officers to impound the vehicles of persons who are patronizing prostitutes.
Summary
- A law enforcement officer who arrests and takes into custody a person for patronizing a prostitute or patronizing a juvenile prostitute may impound the vehicle if the vehicle is owned by the person arrested and was used in committing the crime. Impoundments must be performed in accordance with current state towing and impoundment laws.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5081), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
- IntroducedJan 14, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
- Introduced
- January 14, 1997 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
- Companion bill
- HB 2008
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
7 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5081 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5081 (2025–26) Unattended motor vehicles
- SB 5081 (2023–24) Victim notification
- SB 5081 (2021–22) Regulatory enforce./burden
- SB 5081 (2019–20) Indian fugitive extradition
- SB 5081 (2017–18) Uniform law on notarial acts
- SB 5081 (2015–16) State governmnt expenditures
- SB 5081 (2013–14) Shark fins
- SB 5081 (2011–12) County auditor/nonpartisan