Gov. Gavin Newsom intends to sign SB 233, which will help sex workers feel safe reporting crimes and carrying condoms.
reporting crimes and carrying condoms, which Gov. Gavin Newsom intends to sign. SB 233, sponsored by State Sen. Scott Wiener, offers immunity to sex workers who report certain crimes and will also prevent the carrying of condoms being used as evidence of sex work.. Silence only helps the perpetrators of those crimes.
In the bill, sex workers gain the ability to report being a victim of or a witness to certain dangerous crimes, including crimes related to assault, domestic violence, human trafficking, and sexual battery, along with other crimes without fear of arrest for prostitution or a misdemeanor drug offense. This is the case if such an offense occurred “at or around the time when they were a victim of or witness to the crime they are reporting.
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