---
type: "Bill"
title: "Admissibility of evidence: victims of human trafficking."
description: "Existing law prohibits the admissibility of evidence that a victim of human trafficking, as defined, has engaged in any commercial sexual act as a result of being a victim of human trafficking in order to prove the victim's criminal liability for any conduct related to that activity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 694"
citation: "California AB 694 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Admissibility of evidence: victims of human trafficking."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cef3fb03-6c70-426c-bbd9-855bd3c073dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB694"
source_hash: "3eb6517c1abe2a0e0d1d735beae8df932a1c6275f457c01e3ce1439cac52fc8f"
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 694 (20132014) — Admissibility of evidence: victims of human trafficking.

Existing law prohibits the admissibility of evidence that a victim of human trafficking, as defined, has engaged in any commercial sexual act as a result of being a victim of human trafficking in order to prove the victim's criminal liability for any conduct related to that activity.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB694&version=20130AB69499INT)
2. **08/19/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB694&version=20130AB69497CHP)
3. **AB694** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB694)
4. **08/08/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB694&version=20130AB69498ENR)

## Votes

- AB 694 BLOOM Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB694 Bloom By Pavley — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bloom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1475.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1688.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:40 p.m.
- **2013-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 126, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cef3fb03-6c70-426c-bbd9-855bd3c073dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).