republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1966.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human trafficking: notice: primary ticket sellers."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1966"
citation: "California AB 1966 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human trafficking", "notice", "primary ticket sellers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davies"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a7bcc18-582c-4b93-86f2-e9cceb78c1db"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1966"
source_hash: "a14a57aecbc30b325d76853f50888fb6890ee6da8c3fa861190c3160c4e6b809"
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 1966 (20232024) — Human trafficking: notice: primary ticket sellers.

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.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1966&version=20230AB196699INT)
2. **06/06/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1966&version=20230AB196698AMD)
3. **08/26/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1966&version=20230AB196696CHP)
4. **AB1966** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1966)
5. **08/12/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1966&version=20230AB196697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1966 Davies Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1966 Davies Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davies — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2024-02-12** Referred to Com. on A., E., S., & T. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4660.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E. D. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4628.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6236.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2024-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 198, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a7bcc18-582c-4b93-86f2-e9cceb78c1db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).