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.
Krell’s name as bill author was replaced by two of her Democratic colleagues, Assembly Public Safety Chair Nick Schultz from Burbank and Assemblywoman Stephanie Nguyen from Elk Grove….