--- type: "Bill" title: "Human trafficking: notice: pediatric care facilities." 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: "20232024" identifier: "AB 1740" citation: "California AB 1740 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Human trafficking", "notice", "pediatric care facilities"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Sanchez"] version_count: 5 action_count: 19 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-02-17" last_action: "2023-07-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b3e3718-4bf3-48af-8cda-aa7b342a6746" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1740" source_hash: "6182db29ec79760d3ca96bb11875dceb28a30e1c27cf92f31aed812f2975e1ba" 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 1740 (20232024) — Human trafficking: notice: pediatric care facilities. 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. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1740&version=20230AB174099INT) 2. **03/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1740&version=20230AB174098AMD) 3. **07/21/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1740&version=20230AB174096CHP) 4. **AB1740** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1740) 5. **06/30/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1740&version=20230AB174097ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1740 Sanchez Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar AB1740 Sanchez et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Sanchez — primary (person) - Davies — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20. - **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2023-03-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1464.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2023-05-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2023-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1830.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-06-29** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2023-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2023-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 104, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b3e3718-4bf3-48af-8cda-aa7b342a6746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).