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type: "Bill"
title: "Human trafficking: civil actions."
description: "Existing law authorizes a person who has been the victim of human trafficking to bring a civil action for damages, as specified, and also to be awarded attorney's fees and costs. Existing law authorizes a plaintiff to be awarded up to 3 times the plaintiff's actual damages or $10,000, whichever is greater."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 727"
citation: "California SB 727 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human trafficking", "civil actions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/334b0433-dd3f-48bc-8030-5935b410a04b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB727"
source_hash: "bdfb10923b162634f6f9711d3e515896150ef0775239ee72b22bb842959ef9bb"
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 727 (20232024) — Human trafficking: civil actions.
Existing law authorizes a person who has been the victim of human trafficking to bring a civil action for damages, as specified, and also to be awarded attorney's fees and costs. Existing law authorizes a plaintiff to be awarded up to 3 times the plaintiff's actual damages or $10,000, whichever is greater.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB727&version=20230SB72799INT)
2. **06/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB727&version=20230SB72798AMD)
3. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB727&version=20230SB72797AMD)
4. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB727&version=20230SB72795CHP)
5. **SB727** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB727)
6. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB727&version=20230SB72796ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB727 Limón et al. Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
- SB 727 Limón Senate Third Reading By Ortega — **800** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **110** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **110** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Limón — primary (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2023-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1012.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1077.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-19** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2023-06-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3246.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2743.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 632, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/334b0433-dd3f-48bc-8030-5935b410a04b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).