BILL NUMBER: AB 2221	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	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.