AN ORDINANCE relating to prostitution; creating the crimes of prostitution loitering and promoting loitering for the purpose of prostitution; establishing policies governing arrests for prostitution and prostitution loitering; creating Stay Out of Area of Prostitution (SOAP) zones and providing for both the issuance of court orders relating to those zones and administration of those zones; creating the gross misdemeanor of violating a SOAP order; and adding new Sections 12A.10.010, 12A.10.030, and 12A.10.040 and a new Chapter 12A.11 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
CB 120836 · Ordinance (Ord) · Passed
Sponsors: Cathy Moore, Sara Nelson, Maritza Rivera
Timeline
- Aug 1, 2024: sent for review (City Clerk)
- Aug 1, 2024: sent for review (Council President's Office)
- Aug 6, 2024: referred (City Council)
- Aug 13, 2024: discussed (Public Safety Committee)
- Sep 10, 2024: pass as amended (Public Safety Committee)
- Sep 17, 2024: passed as amended (City Council)
- Sep 23, 2024: submitted for Mayor's signature (City Clerk)
- Sep 23, 2024: Signed (Mayor)
- Sep 23, 2024: returned (Mayor)
- Sep 24, 2024: attested by City Clerk (City Clerk)