republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1735.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence: privileges: human trafficking caseworker-victim privilege."
description: "Existing law establishes the crime of trafficking of a person for forced labor or services or for effecting or maintaining other specified felonies, and the crime of trafficking of a minor for those purposes. Existing law establishes procedures governing the admissibility of evidence in civil and criminal actions in this state. Existing law recognizes various evidentiary privileges, including a victim‑caseworker privilege, under which a human trafficking victim may refuse to disclose, or may prevent another's disclosure of, a confidential communication made to a human trafficking caseworker, as defined. Existing law also sets forth circumstances under which a court may compel the disclosure of information otherwise protected by this privilege, and defines various terms for these purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1735"
citation: "California AB 1735 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Evidence: privileges: human trafficking caseworker-victim privilege."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14c2168b-41c8-45cb-aed8-f172d8977411"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1735"
source_hash: "19dc4aa77f285929eb12d2a4569918d205cd2ec801e7a27f81ef6d74c85ce0b7"
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 1735 (20192020) — Evidence: privileges: human trafficking caseworker-victim privilege.

Existing law establishes the crime of trafficking of a person for forced labor or services or for effecting or maintaining other specified felonies, and the crime of trafficking of a minor for those purposes. Existing law establishes procedures governing the admissibility of evidence in civil and criminal actions in this state. Existing law recognizes various evidentiary privileges, including a victim‑caseworker privilege, under which a human trafficking victim may refuse to disclose, or may prevent another's disclosure of, a confidential communication made to a human trafficking caseworker, as defined. Existing law also sets forth circumstances under which a court may compel the disclosure of information otherwise protected by this privilege, and defines various terms for these purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1735&version=20190AB173599INT)
2. **03/27/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1735&version=20190AB173598AMD)
3. **06/03/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1735&version=20190AB173597AMD)
4. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1735&version=20190AB173595CHP)
5. **AB1735** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1735)
6. **08/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1735&version=20190AB173596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1735 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB1735 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1735 Bauer-Kahan Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
- Ting — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1040.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2053.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2727.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 197, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14c2168b-41c8-45cb-aed8-f172d8977411`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).