On July 10, 2020 the Law Prohibiting the Consumption of Prostitution (Temporary Provision and Legislative Amendment) 5779-2019, that was published in the Official Gazette on January 10, 2019, entered into force.

The law prescribes a criminal prohibition on prostitution consumption and on being in a location that serves for acts of prostitution for the purpose of consuming prostitution. A rebuttable presumption was laid down with the offense, according to which whoever is in a location used primarily for acts of prostitution (such as a brothel) will be regarded as a person who intends to consume an act of prostitution. The law states that an offense of the consumption of prostitution is an administrative offense for which the police is entitled to impose a fine in the amount of 2,000 NIS (610 USD), and in a recurring offense within a period of three years – double of the said amount of the fine. Nevertheless, the prosecution is entitled, in extraordinary circumstances, to file an indictment in an offense in the ordinary criminal proceeding, and then the maximum penalty will be a fine in the amount of 75,300 NIS (22,890 USD). Note that receiving an act of prostitution from a minor was criminalized prior to the enactment of the Prohibition on Consuming Prostitution Law (Temporary Order), 5779 – 2018, and currently carries a penalty of five (5) years' imprisonment.

The law laid down as a temporary provision for a period of five years as of the date it entered into force, and in addition it prescribes that accompanying research will be conducted, whose conclusions will be submitted to the Knesset no later than the expiration of the term of effect of the law.

In addition, the law provides for an alternative mechanism to a fine – detailed in the Regulations Prohibiting the Consumption of Prostitution (Alternative Measures to Impose a Fine) 5780-2020. The mechanism created in the regulations enables the consumer of prostitution to select a program as an alternative to the fine, operated by the Probation Service for Adults in the MWSA. The regulations state that the program includes a psycho-educational workshop or a series of individual meetings (according to the decision of the probation officer) in a total scope of 6 to 10 hours. The purpose of the program is to provide information and to develop the understanding of the damage and the negative impact of the consumption of prostitution on all those involved in the cycle of prostitution.