§712-1203  Promoting prostitution.  (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. [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]

Law Journals and Reviews

  State v. Ibarra:  Prostitution, Intersectionality & the Hawai`i Supreme Court.  47 UH L. Rev. 249 (2024).

Case Notes

  Statements made by women constituted verbal acts and were admissible against defendant charged under subsection (1)(a).  59 H. 401, 581 P.2d 1171 (1978).

  Section 701-109(1)(d) prohibits conviction under both this section and §842-2(2), as both this section and §842-2(2) seek to redress the same conduct--the control of an enterprise involved in criminal activity.  In such case, this section, the specific statute, governs over the general statute, §842-2(2).  88 H. 19, 960 P.2d 1227 (1998).

  Cited:  58 H. 299, 568 P.2d 504 (1977).