Illinois Lawmakers Want Theirs To Be the First State in the Union To Fully Decriminalize Sex Work
‘Is that what our Main Streets are going to look like — the weed shop next to the brothel next to the mini casino?,’ one critic wonders.
State lawmakers say they are planning to introduce legislation this week in Illinois that would make it the first state in America to decriminalize sex work statewide.
The bill, sponsored by State Representative Will Guzzardi and State Senator Celina Villanueva, both Democrats, would remove criminal penalties for adults engaging in consensual sex work, remove arrest and conviction records for sex workers charged in the past and establish a sex workers’ bill of rights.
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