Existing law requires specified businesses and other establishments, including, among others, airports, intercity passenger rail or light rail stations, bus stations, and truck stops, 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. Existing law also requires, on or before January 1, 2021, specified businesses or other establishments that operate an intercity passenger rail, light rail, or bus station to provide training to new and existing employees who may interact with, or come into contact with, a victim of human trafficking or who are likely to receive, in the course of their employment, a report from another employee about suspected human trafficking, in recognizing the signs of human trafficking and how to report those signs to the appropriate law enforcement agency, as specified. Existing law makes a business or establishment that fails to comply with the requirements of these provisions liable for a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense, and $1,000 for each subsequent offense.
Existing law requires specified businesses and other establishments, including, among others, airports, intercity passenger rail or light rail stations, bus stations, and truck stops, 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. Existing law also requires, on or before January 1, 2021, specified businesses or other establishments that operate an intercity passenger rail, light rail, or bus station to provide training to new and existing employees who may interact with, or come into contact with, a victim of human trafficking or who are likely to receive, in the course of their employment, a report from another employee about suspected human trafficking, in recognizing the signs of human trafficking and how to report those signs to the appropriate law enforcement agency, as specified. Existing law makes a business or establishment that fails to comply with the requirements of these provisions liable for a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense, and $1,000 for each subsequent offense.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 630 Stern Senate Third Reading By Santiago — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar SB630 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Stern — primary (person)
Santiago — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-14 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
2019-03-19 Set for hearing April 2.
2019-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 553.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-04 Set for hearing April 24.
2019-04-25 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 846.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-29 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 924.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-06-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-06-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2312.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-06-17 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2019-06-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
2019-07-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-07-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 57, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/daa13c04-38c0-45f8-b5a9-78c3b2501938. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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