SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council is considering Monday whether to change the name of a sex crime. The offense of “patronizing a prostitute” would become “sexual exploitation.”

Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes tells The Seattle Times the purpose of the name change would be to focus on the victim.

Meanwhile, a state lawmaker from Seattle, Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, is introducing a bill that would change the crime from a simple misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor. That would increase the maximum penalty from 90 days to a year in jail.