BILL NUMBER: AB 1731	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Atkins

                        JANUARY 28, 2016

   An act to add Section 236.13 to the Penal Code, relating to human
trafficking.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1731, as introduced, Atkins. Human trafficking: Statewide
Interagency Human Trafficking Task Force.
   Under existing law, anyone who deprives or violates the personal
liberty of another with the intent to obtain forced labor or
services, or with the intent to effect a violation of specified sex
crimes is guilty of human trafficking. Under existing law, any person
who causes a minor to engage in a commercial sex act, with the
intent to violate specified sex crimes, is guilty of human
trafficking.
   This bill would create the Statewide Interagency Human Trafficking
Task Force, as provided, and would require the task force to gather
statewide data on sex and labor traffickers, sex buyers, and human
trafficking victims, to recommend interagency protocols and best
practices for training and outreach to law enforcement, victim
service providers, and other state and private sector employees
likely to encounter sex trafficking, and to evaluate and implement
approaches to increase public awareness about human trafficking.
   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) The Statewide Interagency Human Trafficking Task
Force is hereby created, consisting of representatives from all of
the following agencies:
   (1) The Department of Justice.
   (2) The State Department of Social Services.
   (3) The Children and Family Services Division of the State
Department of Social Services.
   (4) The Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
   (5) The State Department of Public Health.
   (6) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
   (7) The State Department of Education.
   (8) The Judicial Council.
   (b) The task force shall do all of the following:
   (1) Gather statewide data on sex and labor traffickers, sex
buyers, and human trafficking victims, including statistics on
prosecution of offenders as well as services provided to victims,
including commercially sexually exploited children.
   (2) Recommend interagency protocols and best practices for
training and outreach to the law enforcement community, victim
service providers, and other state or private sector employees likely
to encounter sex trafficking, such as educators and hotel workers.
   (3) Evaluate and implement approaches to increase public awareness
about human trafficking and make new recommendations on these
approaches.