Existing law defines human trafficking as the deprivation of the personal liberty of another person with the intent to effect a violation of certain specified sex crimes, to obtain forced labor or services, or to cause a minor to engage in a commercial sex act with the intent to effect a violation of certain specified sex crimes. Existing law requires, when more than one violation of certain specified provisions of law occurs in more than one jurisdictional territory, that jurisdiction for any of those offenses is in any jurisdiction where at least one of the offenses occurred if all district attorneys in counties with jurisdiction of the offenses agree to the venue.
California SB 939 (20132014) — Criminal jurisdiction.
Existing law defines human trafficking as the deprivation of the personal liberty of another person with the intent to effect a violation of certain specified sex crimes, to obtain forced labor or services, or to cause a minor to engage in a commercial sex act with the intent to effect a violation of certain specified sex crimes. Existing law requires, when more than one violation of certain specified provisions of law occurs in more than one jurisdictional territory, that jurisdiction for any of those offenses is in any jurisdiction where at least one of the offenses occurred if all district attorneys in counties with jurisdiction of the offenses agree to the venue.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 939 Block Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB939 Block Concurrence — 35–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 33–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Block — primary (person)
Anderson — coauthor (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Corbett — coauthor (person)
Correa — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2014-02-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
2014-02-20 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-03-11 Set for hearing April 8.
2014-04-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-04-02 (Corrected April 9.)
2014-04-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3093.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3187.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-04-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-05-12 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-05-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-06-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2014-06-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5706.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-06-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4397.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-08-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2014-08-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-08-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 246, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34adba0c-4e48-4508-9a62-e9b98a7b28b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).