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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Criminal procedure: human trafficking witnesses.	Under existing law, 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2221	California AB 2221 (20152016)	bill	Criminal procedure: human trafficking witnesses.	enacted	Cristina Garcia	9	27	8	2016-02-18	2016-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/c472b270-1f59-41a2-b075-267ce42fbeba	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2221	9489b7818e4b480df8bcd7341a8d9c15fcfd37a6197113be9e9a70f2b0f0bf72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2221 (20152016) — Criminal procedure: human trafficking witnesses.

Under existing law, 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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/18/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/06/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/19/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/16/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/18/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/26/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2221 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/30/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2221 Cristina Garcia By McGuire — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2221 GARCIA, C. Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2221 GARCIA, C. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
• Grove — author (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2016-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2016-03-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 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
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-04-06 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
• 2016-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-04-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-19 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-05-11 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4870.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-26 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5267.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6354.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2016-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 641, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c472b270-1f59-41a2-b075-267ce42fbeba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).