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, as specified. Existing law authorizes the Department of Fair Employment and Housing to receive, investigate, conciliate, mediate, and prosecute complaints alleging certain unlawful practices, as specified.
California AB 1684 (20152016) — Civil actions: human trafficking.
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, as specified. Existing law authorizes the Department of Fair Employment and Housing to receive, investigate, conciliate, mediate, and prosecute complaints alleging certain unlawful practices, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1684 Mark Stone — 37–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1684 STONE Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Mark Stone — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-01-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-01-21 From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
2016-02-08 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-03-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 15). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-03-17 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2016-04-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4360.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-04-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-27 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2016-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4650.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2016-07-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-07-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 63, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b53b5374-6722-49de-bd3f-c504b1186be7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).