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type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: human trafficking awareness."
description: "Existing law requires specified businesses and other establishments to post a notice, as developed by the Department of Justice, that contains information relating to slavery and human trafficking, including information regarding specified nonprofit organizations that a person can call for services or support in the elimination of slavery and human trafficking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 970"
citation: "California SB 970 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: human trafficking awareness."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68a8461e-c8cf-47d3-924c-70bc446ca105"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB970"
source_hash: "4cbfb389bef3296fc2f53c1e6ad4dd116b2280eabacb190968c28b1f8eb83323"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 970 (20172018) — Employment: human trafficking awareness.
Existing law requires specified businesses and other establishments to post a notice, as developed by the Department of Justice, that contains information relating to slavery and human trafficking, including information regarding specified nonprofit organizations that a person can call for services or support in the elimination of slavery and human trafficking.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/31/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB970&version=20170SB97099INT)
2. **05/01/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB970&version=20170SB97098AMD)
3. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB970&version=20170SB97097AMD)
4. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB970&version=20170SB97095CHP)
5. **SB970** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB970)
6. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB970&version=20170SB97096ENR)
## Votes
- Consent Calendar SB970 — **380** (pass) · upper
- SB 970 Atkins Senate Third Reading By SANTIAGO — **800** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB970 Atkins et al. Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Atkins — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Cunningham — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — principal coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-31** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4626.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-13** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2018-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4722.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2018-04-26** April 30 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2018-05-01** 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`
- **2018-05-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5013.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-15** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2018-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6758.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6058.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 842, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68a8461e-c8cf-47d3-924c-70bc446ca105`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).