Complex sentence: Prostitution was decriminalized in Rhode Island in 1980, when the prostitution laws were amended, reducing prostitution from a felony to a misdemeanor; in rewriting the law, the drafters deleted the section that addressed committing the act of prostitution itself, only street solicitation remained illegal.
Split into simpler sentences: Prostitution was decriminalized in Rhode Island in 1980, when the prostitution laws were amended, reducing prostitution from a felony to a misdemeanor. The drafters of the law deleted the section that addressed committing the act of prostitution itself, and only street solicitation remained illegal.