---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human trafficking: civil penalties."
description: "Under existing law, a person who deprives or violates the personal liberty of another with the intent to effect or maintain a felony violation of specified sexual crimes, such as rape or pandering, or to obtain forced labor or services, is guilty of human trafficking, which is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 3, 4, or 5 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2212"
citation: "California AB 2212 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human trafficking: civil penalties."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad5da664-187c-41cd-ad98-89cb40f4b3cb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2212"
source_hash: "6fe4af939157661aae9caaec2c1537f46d3ee0ea48d76254186853c4c1a632ec"
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 2212 (20112012) — Human trafficking: civil penalties.

Under existing law, a person who deprives or violates the personal liberty of another with the intent to effect or maintain a felony violation of specified sexual crimes, such as rape or pandering, or to obtain forced labor or services, is guilty of human trafficking, which is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 3, 4, or 5 years.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2212&version=20110AB221299INT)
2. **05/07/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2212&version=20110AB221298AMD)
3. **06/04/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2212&version=20110AB221297AMD)
4. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2212&version=20110AB221295CHP)
5. **AB2212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2212)
6. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2212&version=20110AB221296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2212 BLOCK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary to Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #14 AB2212 Block By Liu — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2212 BLOCK Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Block — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4491.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4223.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5908.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 254, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad5da664-187c-41cd-ad98-89cb40f4b3cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).