--- type: "Bill" title: "Human trafficking: notice." description: "Existing law requires specified businesses and other establishments, including, among others, airports, intercity passenger rail or light rail stations, bus stations, and truck stops, to post a notice, as developed by the Department of Justice, that contains information relating to slavery and human trafficking, including information regarding specified nonprofit organizations that a person can call for services or support in the elimination of slavery and human trafficking. Existing law makes a business or establishment that fails to comply with the requirements of these provisions liable for a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense, and $1,000 for each subsequent offense." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "AB 1661" citation: "California AB 1661 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Human trafficking: notice."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Davies"] version_count: 5 action_count: 19 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2022-01-18" last_action: "2022-07-19" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee7a699d-7fdb-436a-965f-670fdbfcdd4b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1661" source_hash: "72cc481d758e45296169c003e1602f3396ba692fd0af3fd53e389a85143bf067" 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 1661 (20212022) — Human trafficking: notice. Existing law requires specified businesses and other establishments, including, among others, airports, intercity passenger rail or light rail stations, bus stations, and truck stops, to post a notice, as developed by the Department of Justice, that contains information relating to slavery and human trafficking, including information regarding specified nonprofit organizations that a person can call for services or support in the elimination of slavery and human trafficking. Existing law makes a business or establishment that fails to comply with the requirements of these provisions liable for a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense, and $1,000 for each subsequent offense. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1661&version=20210AB166199INT) 2. **03/03/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1661&version=20210AB166198AMD) 3. **07/19/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1661&version=20210AB166196CHP) 4. **AB1661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1661) 5. **06/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1661&version=20210AB166197ENR) ## Votes - Consent Calendar AB1661 — **37–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1661 Davies Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Davies — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2022-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18. - **2022-01-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-03-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-03-31** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-04-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4214.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-04-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-06-20** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2022-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4435.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-06-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2022-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m. - **2022-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 106, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee7a699d-7fdb-436a-965f-670fdbfcdd4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).