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CA AB 2101

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Human trafficking: notice and training: disaster sites.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2101 pass?

The current status of CA AB 2101 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 2101 about?

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. This bill would additionally require a privately operated entity that operates in a designated disaster site or designated mitigation site, as those terms are defined, that is involved in the response, recovery, rebuilding, or cleanup of a disaster site, permitting related to recovery, rebuilding, or cleanup of a disaster site, or efforts to mitigate or prevent the occurrence of a disaster, to post the above-described notice, except for telecommunications companies or internet service providers. Existing law requires a business or other establishment that operates intercity passenger rail or light rail stations or bus stations to provide at least 20 minutes of training to specified employees in recognizing the signs of human trafficking and how to report those signs to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Existing law requires that training to include, among other things, the definition of human trafficking, including sex trafficking and labor trafficking, and guidance on how to identify individuals who are most at risk for human trafficking. This bill would, starting June 1, 2027, require a privately operated entity that operates in a designated disaster site or designated mitigation site to provide at least 20 minutes of training to all employees involved in specified disaster recovery or mitigation tasks. The bill would authorize the training to be developed or administered by a nonprofit or private entity with professional experience related to human trafficking and would require the training to be delivered in the language that is the most widely spoken language among the employees that will receive the training. The bill would require the training to include the same elements as the training described in the above-paragraph and examples and case scenarios relevant to how trafficking occurs at designated disaster sites and designated mitigation sites.

Who sponsors CA AB 2101?

Gipson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2101, joined by 2 cosponsors.

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. This bill would additionally require a privately operated entity that operates in a designated disaster site or designated mitigation site, as those terms are defined, that is involved in the response, recovery, rebuilding, or cleanup of a disaster site, permitting related to recovery, rebuilding, or cleanup of a disaster site, or efforts to mitigate or prevent the occurrence of a disaster, to post the above-described notice, except for telecommunications companies or internet service providers. Existing law requires a business or other establishment that operates intercity passenger rail or light rail stations or bus stations to provide at least 20 minutes of training to specified employees in recognizing the signs of human trafficking and how to report those signs to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Existing law requires that training to include, among other things, the definition of human trafficking, including sex trafficking and labor trafficking, and guidance on how to identify individuals who are most at risk for human trafficking. This bill would, starting June 1, 2027, require a privately operated entity that operates in a designated disaster site or designated mitigation site to provide at least 20 minutes of training to all employees involved in specified disaster recovery or mitigation tasks. The bill would authorize the training to be developed or administered by a nonprofit or private entity with professional experience related to human trafficking and would require the training to be delivered in the language that is the most widely spoken language among the employees that will receive the training. The bill would require the training to include the same elements as the training described in the above-paragraph and examples and case scenarios relevant to how trafficking occurs at designated disaster sites and designated mitigation sites.

Introduced
2026-04-08
Latest action
2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Gipsonauthor
  • Connollycoauthor
  • Dixoncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-13

    In committee: Held under submission.

  2. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  3. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  4. 2026-06-10

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  5. 2026-05-28

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

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  6. 2026-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.)

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  7. 2026-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5474.)

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  8. 2026-05-19

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2026-05-18

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  10. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 14).

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  11. 2026-05-06

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  12. 2026-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2026-04-13

    Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  14. 2026-04-09

    Read second time and amended.

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  15. 2026-04-08

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.M with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7).

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  16. 2026-03-16

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and E.M.

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  17. 2026-02-19

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  18. 2026-02-18

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/18/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-18Compare
  • 04/09/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-09Compare
  • 05/18/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-18Compare
  • AB2101Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management] 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 and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-23 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Ransom: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: no

  • Do pass as amended.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 11-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Tangipa: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Hoover: other

  • AB 2101 Gipson Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-28 · pass · 75-0

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

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-23 · pass · 13-0

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

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