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Legislative documents reveal dozens of bills—many related to crime—stalled in the committee this year, with authors from both parties seeing their bills denied.
Following months-long debates in the California Legislature, SB 14, a bill targeting child sex traffickers, is now one signature away from becoming law.
California’s child sex trafficking bill, which incited public outrage when it was tabled earlier this summer, has made a comeback after lawmakers on the state Assembly Appropriations Committee voted to move it to the Assembly floor Sept. 1.
A bipartisan bill targeting child sex traffickers in California was again in limbo Aug. 16, sparking outrage among supporters—after it was revived from death by lawmakers under public pressure a month ago.
Public backlash recently forced a California State Assembly committee to reconsider a bipartisan bill it previously killed—a rare turn of events in the state Legislature. The legislation is designed to strengthen penalties for child sex traffickers.
