Bill Text: CA AB694 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Admissibility of evidence: victims of human trafficking.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 126, Statutes of 2013. [AB694 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB694-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 694 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 126
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 19, 2013
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR AUGUST 19, 2013
PASSED THE SENATE JULY 8, 2013
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MAY 16, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bloom
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
An act to amend Section 1161 of the Evidence Code, relating to
evidence.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 694, Bloom. Admissibility of evidence: victims of human
trafficking.
Existing law prohibits the admissibility of evidence that a victim
of human trafficking, as defined, has engaged in any commercial
sexual act as a result of being a victim of human trafficking in
order to prove the victim's criminal liability for any conduct
related to that activity.
This bill would instead prohibit the admissibility of evidence
that a victim has engaged in any commercial sexual act as a result of
being a victim of human trafficking in order to prove the victim's
criminal liability for the commercial sexual act.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 1161 of the Evidence Code is amended to read:
1161. (a) Evidence that a victim of human trafficking, as defined
in Section 236.1 of the Penal Code, has engaged in any commercial
sexual act as a result of being a victim of human trafficking is
inadmissible to prove the victim's criminal liability for the
commercial sexual act.
(b) Evidence of sexual history or history of any commercial sexual
act of a victim of human trafficking, as defined in Section 236.1 of
the Penal Code, is inadmissible to attack the credibility or impeach
the character of the victim in any civil or criminal proceeding.
