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Bill	Criminal procedure: human trafficking.	Existing law defines and proscribes the crimes of human trafficking, solicitation, and prostitution. Existing law provides that if a defendant has been convicted of solicitation or prostitution and has completed any term of probation for that conviction, the defendant may petition the court for relief if the defendant can establish by clear and convincing evidence that the conviction was the result of his or her status as a victim of human trafficking. Existing law authorizes a court to issue an order that (1) sets forth a finding that the defendant was a victim of human trafficking, as specified, (2) dismisses the accusation or information against the defendant, or orders other relief, and (3) notifies the Department of Justice that the defendant was a victim of human trafficking when he or she committed the crime and the relief that has been ordered.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 823	California SB 823 (20152016)	bill	Criminal procedure: human trafficking.	enacted	Block	9	28	8	2016-01-06	2016-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/76195258-c7a7-41f1-af19-3ba7f8bdbc8b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB823	2fe7c980fd6059015f4023ee585171b3867c2555eca6ac0ec1975738cdd323e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 823 (20152016) — Criminal procedure: human trafficking.

Existing law defines and proscribes the crimes of human trafficking, solicitation, and prostitution. Existing law provides that if a defendant has been convicted of solicitation or prostitution and has completed any term of probation for that conviction, the defendant may petition the court for relief if the defendant can establish by clear and convincing evidence that the conviction was the result of his or her status as a victim of human trafficking. Existing law authorizes a court to issue an order that (1) sets forth a finding that the defendant was a victim of human trafficking, as specified, (2) dismisses the accusation or information against the defendant, or orders other relief, and (3) notifies the Department of Justice that the defendant was a victim of human trafficking when he or she committed the crime and the relief that has been ordered.

Version chain

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

1. 01/06/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/31/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/31/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/27/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/01/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/18/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/26/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB823 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/26/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–5 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB823 Block Concurrence — 34–5 (pass) · upper
• SB 823 Block Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ — 57–21 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 25–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Block — primary (person)
• Glazer — coauthor (person)
• Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
• Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-01-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 6.
• 2016-01-28 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 Set for hearing April 12.
• 2016-03-31 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3521.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-15 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2016-04-25 April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3998.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 4140.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-06-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 21. Page 6080.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-23 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 5. Page 5424.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 650, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76195258-c7a7-41f1-af19-3ba7f8bdbc8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).