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Bill	Public safety: omnibus.	(1) Existing law provides that, in a criminal action, expert testimony is admissible by either the prosecution or the defense regarding the effects of human trafficking on human trafficking victims. Existing law defines the term "human trafficking" pursuant to a specified provision of the Penal Code.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 811	California SB 811 (20172018)	bill	Public safety: omnibus.	enacted	Committee on Public Safety	6	25	6	2017-03-15	2017-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/0d951b1c-8328-4260-b2ce-ed567b584e67	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB811	a7c4a69d114319494662b03fe1e08c4ceac186572e146bdbe2040043f10fad2a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 811 (20172018) — Public safety: omnibus.

(1) Existing law provides that, in a criminal action, expert testimony is admissible by either the prosecution or the defense regarding the effects of human trafficking on human trafficking victims. Existing law defines the term "human trafficking" pursuant to a specified provision of the Penal Code.

Version chain

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

1. 03/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/15/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/05/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/23/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB811 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB811 PUB. S. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent Calendar # SB811 PUB. S. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 811 PUB. S. Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Public Safety — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 15.
• 2017-03-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-03-29 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 856.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1074.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-06-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-07-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-07-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2770.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-08-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2353.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 269, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d951b1c-8328-4260-b2ce-ed567b584e67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).