BILL NUMBER: AB 2221	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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, as amended, 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   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
 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
  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.