{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-86","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-86","heading":"Promoting prostitution in the first degree: Class B felony.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first degree when he knowingly: (1) Advances prostitution by compelling a person by force or intimidation to engage in prostitution, or profits from coercive conduct by another; or (2) advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than eighteen years old.\n(b) Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony. Any person found guilty under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which nine months of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court and shall be fined fifteen thousand dollars.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART VI*. SEX OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-86","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"1cf9b049dac0473b5fdb1ae90b583a73c161e872a845cfadd2a604df7a6a4e10","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-85","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-87"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}