BILL NUMBER: AB 1940	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hill

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act relating to human trafficking.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1940, as introduced, Hill. Human trafficking.
   Existing law provides that any person who deprives or violates the
personal liberty of another with the intent to effect or maintain a
felony conviction for specified crimes, including prostitution and
pandering, or to obtain forced labor or services, is guilty of human
trafficking. A violation of this provision is punishable by
imprisonment in the state prison for 3, 4, or 5 years, or, if the
victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the
offense, by imprisonment in the state prison for 4, 6, or 8 years.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would delete any record of a conviction for the
crime of prostitution if the defendant is a victim of human
trafficking.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would delete any record of a conviction for the
crime of prostitution if the defendant is a victim of human
trafficking.