--- type: "Bill" title: "Human trafficking: public posting requirements." description: "Existing law authorizes a victim of human trafficking, as defined, to bring a civil action for actual damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, any combination of those, or any other appropriate relief within 5 years of the date on which the trafficking victim was freed from the trafficking situation, or if the victim was a minor when the act of human trafficking against the victim occurred, within 8 years after the date the plaintiff attains the age of majority." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 1193" citation: "California SB 1193 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Human trafficking: public posting requirements."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"] version_count: 8 action_count: 26 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2012-02-22" last_action: "2012-09-24" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ce62a5e-d6bb-426f-ae43-fbdadebc7204" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1193" source_hash: "660ea25e12e3a439c2af5c32d8044366a0747c1762e92a6b2dd22c350f123e95" 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 SB 1193 (20112012) — Human trafficking: public posting requirements. Existing law authorizes a victim of human trafficking, as defined, to bring a civil action for actual damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, any combination of those, or any other appropriate relief within 5 years of the date on which the trafficking victim was freed from the trafficking situation, or if the victim was a minor when the act of human trafficking against the victim occurred, within 8 years after the date the plaintiff attains the age of majority. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1193&version=20110SB119399INT) 2. **04/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1193&version=20110SB119398AMD) 3. **05/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1193&version=20110SB119397AMD) 4. **06/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1193&version=20110SB119396AMD) 5. **08/13/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1193&version=20110SB119395AMD) 6. **09/24/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1193&version=20110SB119393CHP) 7. **SB1193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1193) 8. **08/30/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1193&version=20110SB119394ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading — **25–5** (pass) · upper - SB 1193 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By FEUER — **74–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB1193 Steinberg Concurrence — **31–4** (pass) · upper - Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Steinberg — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2012-02-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2012-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2012-03-30** Set for hearing April 17. - **2012-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3207.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-05-11** Set for hearing May 21. - **2012-05-21** Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2012-05-22** Set for hearing May 24. - **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3592.) (May 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-05-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 5. Page 3716.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2012-06-26** Hearing postponed by committee. - **2012-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-08-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2012-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6176.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2012-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2012-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 4857.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7:30 p.m. - **2012-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2012-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 515, Statutes of 2012. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ce62a5e-d6bb-426f-ae43-fbdadebc7204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).