---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abolition of Child Commerce, Exploitation, and Sexual Slavery Act of 2011."
description: "Under existing law, any person who is convicted of pimping or procuring a minor under the age of 16 for prostitution may be ordered by a court to pay an additional fine not to exceed $5,000 to be deposited in the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund to be available for appropriation to fund child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse victim counseling centers and prevention programs, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 12"
citation: "California AB 12 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abolition of Child Commerce", "Exploitation", "and Sexual Slavery Act of 2011."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swanson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-12-06"
last_action: "2011-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fd450b1-8680-4c4d-b475-58d534a294c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB12"
source_hash: "0e686d9f9deef4f3c9025ae4d4ee8da78886bbd2af7b4beda09ea66db03254cb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 12 (20112012) — Abolition of Child Commerce, Exploitation, and Sexual Slavery Act of 2011.

Under existing law, any person who is convicted of pimping or procuring a minor under the age of 16 for prostitution may be ordered by a court to pay an additional fine not to exceed $5,000 to be deposited in the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund to be available for appropriation to fund child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse victim counseling centers and prevention programs, as provided.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **12/06/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB12&version=20110AB1299INT)
2. **05/09/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB12&version=20110AB1298AMD)
3. **07/12/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB12&version=20110AB1296CHP)
4. **AB12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB12)
5. **06/28/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB12&version=20110AB1297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #5 AB12 Swanson By Fuller — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 12 SWANSON Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Swanson — primary (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Dickinson — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Halderman — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2010-12-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-12-07** From printer. May be heard in committee January 6.
- **2011-01-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-05-05** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1225.)
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1435.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1573.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2011-07-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fd450b1-8680-4c4d-b475-58d534a294c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).