Bill Text: CA AB2221 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Criminal procedure: human trafficking witnesses.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 641, Statutes of 2016. [AB2221 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2221-Amended.html

---

BILL NUMBER: AB 2221	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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, as amended, Cristina Garcia. Criminal procedure: human
trafficking witnesses. 
   (1) Under 
    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 that a minor who is a victim of human
trafficking be provided with assistance from the local county Victim
Witness Assistance Center prior to testifying as a witness in the
case if the minor so desires that assistance.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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)    Prior to testifying as a
witness 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.