Bill Commons

CA AB 1918

enacted

Human trafficking: body art practitioners.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1918 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1918 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 837, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1918 about?

Existing law requires certain businesses or establishments to post a notice relating to slavery and human trafficking, including hotlines and available services and support information. Existing law requires certain businesses or establishments to provide certain employees at least 20 minutes of training on human trafficking, as specified. Under existing law, the training must cover certain subjects, including how to recognize human trafficking. The training may also include information and material utilized by private nonprofit organizations that represent the interests of human trafficking victims and the Department of Justice, among other things. This bill would additionally require body art facilities, by July 1, 2027, to post the above-described notice and to provide the human trafficking training to their employees and registered practitioners, as specified. The bill would instead authorize the training to include evidence-based, trauma-informed curriculum developed by the above-described nonprofit organizations and information and material available on the Department of Justice's internet website.

Who sponsors CA AB 1918?

Dixon is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1918, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law requires certain businesses or establishments to post a notice relating to slavery and human trafficking, including hotlines and available services and support information. Existing law requires certain businesses or establishments to provide certain employees at least 20 minutes of training on human trafficking, as specified. Under existing law, the training must cover certain subjects, including how to recognize human trafficking. The training may also include information and material utilized by private nonprofit organizations that represent the interests of human trafficking victims and the Department of Justice, among other things. This bill would additionally require body art facilities, by July 1, 2027, to post the above-described notice and to provide the human trafficking training to their employees and registered practitioners, as specified. The bill would instead authorize the training to include evidence-based, trauma-informed curriculum developed by the above-described nonprofit organizations and information and material available on the Department of Justice's internet website.

Introduced
2026-03-24
Latest action
2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 837, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Dixonauthor
  • Krellcoauthor
  • Grovecoauthor
  • Rubiocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 837, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-30

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-09-04

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-27

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-08-27

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6715.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-08-25

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-25

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  8. 2026-08-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  9. 2026-08-21

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  10. 2026-07-02

    Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2026-07-02

    From Consent Calendar.

  12. 2026-06-30

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  13. 2026-06-29

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

    committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2

  14. 2026-06-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  15. 2026-06-04

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  16. 2026-05-13

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-05-05

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  18. 2026-05-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4917.)

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  19. 2026-04-23

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  20. 2026-04-22

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22).

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  21. 2026-04-09

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

    referral-committee

  22. 2026-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  23. 2026-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  24. 2026-03-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

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  25. 2026-03-19

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  26. 2026-03-09

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  27. 2026-02-13

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  28. 2026-02-12

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/12/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-12Compare
  • 03/24/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-24Compare
  • 06/04/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-04Compare
  • 08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
  • 09/01/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-01Compare
  • 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB1918Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-07 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Macedo: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bryan: yes
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-04-22 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Calderon: other
  • AB 1918 Dixon Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-05-04 · pass · 73-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Jackson: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Arambula: other
    • Chen: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Bennett: other
    • Flora: other
    • Caloza: other
    • Wilson: other
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-16 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ashby: other
    • Weber Pierson: other

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