California Democratic Assemblywoman Maggy Krell, from Sacramento, was removed as author of her own bill on May 1 after she joined Republicans in a renewed attempt to strengthen penalties for buying 16- and 17-year-olds for sex.
The state Assembly voted 55–21 to reject a provision of Assembly Bill 379 that would have made it a felony to solicit or purchase 16- and 17-year-olds for prostitution after that provision was removed from the bill by the public safety committee. The Assembly then voted in favor of the amended bill 56–21.
