Jordan Cunningham
- Republican
Author
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.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 760, Statutes of 2022.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11).
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 8).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4112.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 22).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1788 | HTML |
| 02/03/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/13/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/11/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/24/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/02/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/29/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/18/22- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 03/30/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 05/27/22- Senate Judiciary | |
| 06/03/22- Senate Judiciary | |
| 06/24/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/11/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/15/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/26/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/31/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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