Bill Text: CA AB2221 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Criminal procedure: human trafficking witnesses.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 641, Statutes of 2016. [AB2221 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB2221-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2221 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 641
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 23, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 29, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 18, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 16, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 19, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 6, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Cristina Garcia and Grove
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
An act to add Section 236.13 to the Penal Code, relating to
crimes.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2221, Cristina Garcia. Criminal procedure: human trafficking
witnesses.
Under existing law, a person who deprives or violates another
person's personal liberty with the intent to obtain forced labor or
services or who deprives or violates another person's personal
liberty for the purpose of prostitution or sexual exploitation is
guilty of human trafficking, a felony.
This bill would require, in a case involving a charge of human
trafficking, that a minor who is a victim of the human trafficking be
provided with assistance from the local county Victim Witness
Assistance Center if the minor so desires that assistance.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 236.13 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
236.13. (a) In a case involving a charge of human trafficking
under Section 236.1, a minor who is a victim of the human trafficking
shall be provided with assistance from the local county Victim
Witness Assistance Center if the minor so desires.
(b) This section does not require a local agency to operate a
Victim Witness Assistance Center.
