Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org5761118.2-346.01Prostitution; solicitation; commercial exploitation of a minor; penalties202516.1-69.48:616.1-69.5517.1-275.1317.1-80518.2-346.118.2-46.118.2-51319.2-10.219.2-215.119.2-268.319.2-386.1619.2-386.3519.2-392.0232.1-5837.2-31437.2-416.137.2-506.18.01-42.49.1-116.59.1-902Crimes and Offenses GenerallyCrimes Involving Morals and DecencyCommercial Sex Trafficking, Prostitution, etc

Any person who offers money or its equivalent to another for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts enumerated in § 18.2-346 and thereafter does any substantial act in furtherance thereof is guilty of solicitation of prostitution, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, any person who solicits prostitution from a minor (i) 16 years of age or older is guilty of a Class 6 felony or (ii) younger than 16 years of age is guilty of a Class 5 felony.

2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 188.