BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 988
Author: Brownley (D), et al
Amended: 5/18/09 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE : 7-0, 7/14/09
AYES: Leno, Benoit, Cedillo, Hancock, Huff, Steinberg,
Wright
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 66-10, 5/26/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Human trafficking: training content
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires that the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training, upon the next regularly
scheduled review of a training module relating to human
trafficking, create and make available training content on
the U Visa as authorized by the federal Victims of
Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes the offense of human
trafficking.
Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training (POST) to implement a course or
courses of instruction for the training of law enforcement
CONTINUED
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officers in California in the handling of human trafficking
complaints and to develop guidelines for law enforcement
response to human trafficking, as specified.
This bill requires that the POST Commission shall, upon the
next regularly scheduled review of a training module
relating to human trafficking, create and make available
training content on the U Visa as authorized by the federal
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000.
This bill requires that the training shall include how to
inform victims about the U Visa and how to apply for a U
Visa. The training regarding the U Visa shall include, but
not be limited to, an explanation that it is available to
noncitizen crime victims who have suffered substantial
physical or mental abuse from criminal activity, have
information regarding criminal activity, and assist
government officials in the investigation or prosecution of
that criminal activity, if the criminal activity violated
United States law or occurred in the United States,
including Indian country and military installations, or in
the territories and possessions of the United States.
This bill requires that the training content shall be
designed for, and made available to, peace officers
employed by law enforcement agencies that participate in,
and comply with, training standards set forth by the
commission.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/18/09)
California Catholic Conference
California Commission on the Status of Women
Crime Victims United
Junior League of Los Angeles, Inc.
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
due to the underground nature of human trafficking, law
enforcement has a hard time finding traffickers and
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bringing them to justice. In response to that difficulty,
Congress created the "U" difficulty, Congress created the
"U" visas, which are designed to provide immigration status
to non-citizens that are assisting or are willing to assist
authorities in the investigation of crimes.
This bill requires the Commission on POST to create and
make available a training module on U Visas. Since the
bill is crafted to state that the POST commission need not
update their training module until the next regularly
scheduled review the bill.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Arambula, Beall, Blakeslee, Block,
Blumenfield, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De
La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer,
Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Galgiani,
Garrick, Gilmore, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber,
Huffman, Jones, Krekorian, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello, John A. Perez,
V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland,
Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Yamada, Bass
NOES: Anderson, Duvall, Gaines, Hagman, Knight, Logue,
Miller, Nielsen, Silva, Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Harkey,
Jeffries
RJG:do 8/19/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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