Bill Text: CA AB2828 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Soliciting a prostitute: multiple convictions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-19 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2828 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2828-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2828

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Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez

February 18, 2022

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An act to amend Section 236.2 of the Penal Code, relating to human trafficking.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2828, as introduced, Rodriguez. Human trafficking.

Under existing law, anyone who deprives or violates the personal liberty of another with the intent to obtain forced labor or services, or with the intent to effect a violation of specified sex crimes, is guilty of human trafficking. Under existing law, a person who causes a minor to engage in a commercial sex act, with the intent to violate specified sex crimes, is guilty of human trafficking. Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to use due diligence to identify all victims of human trafficking, regardless of the citizenship of the person.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 236.2 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

236.2.

 Law enforcement agencies shall use due diligence to identify all victims of human trafficking, regardless of the citizenship of the person. When a peace officer comes into contact with a person who has been deprived of his or her personal liberty, a minor who has engaged in a commercial sex act, a person suspected of violating subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 647, or a victim of a crime of domestic violence or sexual assault, the peace officer shall consider whether the following indicators of human trafficking are present:

(a) Signs of trauma, fatigue, injury, or other evidence of poor care.

(b) The person is withdrawn, afraid to talk, or his or her their communication is censored by another person.

(c) The person does not have freedom of movement.

(d) The person lives and works in one place.

(e) The person owes a debt to his or her their employer.

(f) Security measures are used to control who has contact with the person.

(g) The person does not have control over his or her their own government-issued identification or over his or her their worker immigration documents.