(1) A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution if the person knowingly advances or profits from prostitution.
(2) Promoting prostitution is a class B felony.
Promoting prostitution
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Familia Rosario v. Holder (2011)
Most recently applied in Familia Rosario v. Holder (August 2011)
L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1993, c 130, §3; am L 2008, c 147, §9; am L 2011, c 145, §4; am L 2016, c 206, §15
(1) A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution if the person knowingly advances or profits from prostitution.
(2) Promoting prostitution is a class B felony.
Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.