BILL NUMBER: AB 2404	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eggman

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 236.2 of the Penal Code, relating to human
trafficking.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2404, as introduced, Eggman. Human trafficking.
   Existing law provides that any person who deprives or violates the
personal liberty of another with the intent to obtain forced labor
or services or to effect or maintain a felony violation of offenses
relating to prostitution, child pornography, as specified, or
extortion, as defined, is guilty of human trafficking. Existing law
requires law enforcement agencies to use due diligence to identify
all victims of human trafficking, regardless of the citizenship of
those persons.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 236.2 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   236.2.  Law enforcement agencies shall use due diligence to
identify all victims of human trafficking, regardless of the
citizenship of  the person   those persons 
. When a peace officer comes into contact with a person who has been
deprived of his or her personal liberty, a minor who has engaged in
a commercial sex act, a person suspected of violating subdivision (a)
or (b) of Section 647, or a victim of a crime of domestic violence
or sexual assault, the peace officer shall consider whether the
following indicators of human trafficking are present:
   (a) Signs of trauma, fatigue, injury, or other evidence of poor
care.
   (b) The person is withdrawn, afraid to talk, or his or her
communication is censored by another person.
   (c) The person does not have freedom of movement.
   (d) The person lives and works in one place.
   (e) The person owes a debt to his or her employer.
   (f) Security measures are used to control who has contact with the
person.
   (g) The person does not have control over his or her own
government-issued identification or over his or her worker
immigration documents.