republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2207.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercially sexually exploited children."
description: "Existing law provides for the placement of children who have been removed from their homes due to neglect or abuse and governs the placement of those children under the supervision of the State Department of Social Services and county welfare departments. Existing law requires county child welfare agencies and probation departments to develop and implement policies and procedures or protocols that require social workers and probation officers to identify children who are at risk of becoming victims of commercial sexual exploitation, to determine whether a child or nonminor dependent is a possible victim of commercial sexual exploitation, and to document this information, as specified. Existing law also requires the State Department of Social Services to develop, in consultation with specified stakeholders, model policies, procedures, and protocols to assist the counties in complying with these requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2207"
citation: "California AB 2207 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercially sexually exploited children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adec81f5-0b06-4b73-9e7b-6c04a9995bdf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2207"
source_hash: "9885f208867d8b19028d8395c8f8001329201fe6abeef0c9fd172c8d1b766ac3"
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 AB 2207 (20172018) — Commercially sexually exploited children.

Existing law provides for the placement of children who have been removed from their homes due to neglect or abuse and governs the placement of those children under the supervision of the State Department of Social Services and county welfare departments. Existing law requires county child welfare agencies and probation departments to develop and implement policies and procedures or protocols that require social workers and probation officers to identify children who are at risk of becoming victims of commercial sexual exploitation, to determine whether a child or nonminor dependent is a possible victim of commercial sexual exploitation, and to document this information, as specified. Existing law also requires the State Department of Social Services to develop, in consultation with specified stakeholders, model policies, procedures, and protocols to assist the counties in complying with these requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2207&version=20170AB220799INT)
2. **04/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2207&version=20170AB220798AMD)
3. **04/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2207&version=20170AB220797AMD)
4. **05/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2207&version=20170AB220796AMD)
5. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2207&version=20170AB220795AMD)
6. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2207&version=20170AB220793CHP)
7. **AB2207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2207)
8. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2207&version=20170AB220794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2207 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2207 Eggman By Skinner — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2207 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-12** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5621.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-13** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5762.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6851.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 757, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adec81f5-0b06-4b73-9e7b-6c04a9995bdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).