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type: "Bill"
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title: "Human trafficking: victims: affirmative defense."
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description: "(1) Under existing law, as amended by Proposition 35, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, a person who deprives or violates another person's personal liberty with the intent to obtain forced labor or services or who deprives or violates another person's personal liberty for the purpose of prostitution or sexual exploitation is guilty of human trafficking, a felony. Proposition 35 provides that it may be amended by a statute in furtherance of its objectives by a majority of the membership of each house of the Legislature concurring."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 1761"
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citation: "California AB 1761 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Human trafficking: victims: affirmative defense."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2016-02-02"
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last_action: "2016-09-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cccefdda-7c17-4d50-9beb-5963c941f33b"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1761"
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source_hash: "c43abdcb1840add89cc9890bffbece1de5467262a46d25b4f2ae95b1c53c36f9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1761 (20152016) — Human trafficking: victims: affirmative defense.
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(1) Under existing law, as amended by Proposition 35, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, a person who deprives or violates another person's personal liberty with the intent to obtain forced labor or services or who deprives or violates another person's personal liberty for the purpose of prostitution or sexual exploitation is guilty of human trafficking, a felony. Proposition 35 provides that it may be amended by a statute in furtherance of its objectives by a majority of the membership of each house of the Legislature concurring.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/02/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1761&version=20150AB176199INT)
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2. **03/28/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1761&version=20150AB176198AMD)
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3. **04/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1761&version=20150AB176197AMD)
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4. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1761&version=20150AB176196AMD)
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5. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1761&version=20150AB176194CHP)
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6. **AB1761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1761)
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7. **08/31/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1761&version=20150AB176195ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **19–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB1761 Weber By Leno — **36–1** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1761 WEBER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–6** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1761 WEBER Assembly Third Reading — **69–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Weber — primary (person)
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- Santiago — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
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- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2016-04-05** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2016-04-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 12). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-04-14** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 1.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 4861.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 5270.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 6. Page 6351.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
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- **2016-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 636, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cccefdda-7c17-4d50-9beb-5963c941f33b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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