California Assembly Bill 1788
Session 20212022
Sex trafficking: hotels: actual knowledge or reckless disregard: civil penalty.
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 29, 2022
Sponsors
2 Sponsors
Jordan Cunningham
Suzette Martinez Valladares
First Action
Feb 3, 2022
Latest Action
Sep 29, 2022
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1788
State
California
Session
20212022
Motion Text
AB 1788 Cunningham Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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Summary
Existing law requires hotels, as defined, to provide at least 20 minutes of training to their staff on how to recognize human trafficking as it pertains specifically to the hotel sector. Existing law does not create liability against a hotel or its employees for the lack of reporting a human trafficking case.
This bill would allow civil penalties to be imposed against a hotel, as defined, if a supervisory employee, as defined, of the hotel knew of or acted with reckless disregard of the activity constituting sex trafficking activity, as defined, that occurred within the hotel and failed to inform law enforcement, the National Human Trafficking Hotline, or another appropriate victim service organization, as specified, or if any employee of that hotel was acting within the scope of employment and knowingly benefited from participating in a venture that the employee knew, or acted in reckless disregard of the activity constituting sex trafficking activity within the hotel.
This bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county attorney to seek equitable relief against a hotel, and to seek a civil penalty of $1,000 for the first violation, $3,000 for a 2nd violation within the same calendar year, and $5,000 for a 3rd and any subsequent violation of sex trafficking within the same calendar year. The bill would authorize a court to consider specified factors and exercise its discretion to increase the amount of the civil penalty, not to exceed $10,000, for any 4th or subsequent violation. The bill would require that the action be commenced within 5 years of the violation, or within 5 years of the date the victim attains the age of majority.
02/03/22 - Introduced
February 3, 2022
03/24/22 - Amended Assembly
March 24, 2022
06/13/22 - Amended Senate
June 13, 2022
08/11/22 - Amended Senate
August 11, 2022
08/24/22 - Amended Senate
August 24, 2022
09/02/22 - Enrolled
September 2, 2022
09/29/22 - Chaptered
September 29, 2022
03/18/22- Assembly Judiciary
March 18, 2022
03/30/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
March 30, 2022
05/27/22- Senate Judiciary
May 27, 2022
06/03/22- Senate Judiciary
June 3, 2022
06/24/22- Senate Appropriations
June 24, 2022
08/11/22- Senate Appropriations
August 11, 2022
08/15/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 15, 2022
08/26/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 26, 2022
08/31/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 31, 2022
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09/29/2022
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 760, Statutes of 2022.
09/29/2022
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/13/2022
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
08/31/2022
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1.).
08/30/2022
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
08/30/2022
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2.).
08/25/2022
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/24/2022
Senate
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
08/15/2022
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/11/2022
Senate
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
08/11/2022
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11).
06/27/2022
Senate
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
06/13/2022
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/09/2022
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 8).
05/31/2022
Senate
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
05/04/2022
Senate
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.
03/31/2022
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
03/31/2022
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4112.)
03/28/2022
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
03/24/2022
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
03/23/2022
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 22).
03/07/2022
Assembly
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
02/10/2022
Assembly
Referred to Com. on JUD.
02/04/2022
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
02/03/2022
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 4, 2022 12:12:01 PM
Record Updated
Oct 4, 2022 12:28:01 PM