California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 970 — Employment: human trafficking awareness.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 842, Statutes of 2018.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires specified businesses and other establishments 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. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) makes specified employment practices unlawful, including the harassment of an employee directly by the employer or indirectly by agents of the employer with the employer's knowledge. FEHA requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide at least 2 hours of prescribed training and education regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees within 6 months of their assumption of a supervisory position and once every 2 years, as specified. This bill would amend FEHA to require specified employers to provide at least 20 minutes of prescribed training and education regarding human trafficking awareness to employees who are likely to interact or come into contact with victims of human trafficking, as defined. The bill would establish a schedule for compliance commencing January 1, 2020. The bill would authorize the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, in the case of an employer violation of the bill's requirements, to seek an order requiring compliance.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 842, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6058.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6758.) Ordered to the Senate.

  8. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read third time and amended.

  10. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.

  12. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  13. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 15).

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. Referred to Com. on L. & E.

  16. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  17. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5013.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  19. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  20. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. Set for hearing May 7.

  22. April 30 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  23. Set for hearing April 30.

  24. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4722.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. Set for hearing April 17.

  26. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4626.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  27. Set for hearing April 11.

  28. Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD.

  29. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.

  30. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Bates · Cosponsor
  • Atkins · Primary
  • Cunningham · Cosponsor
  • Dodd · Cosponsor
  • Galgiani · Cosponsor
  • Leyva · Cosponsor
  • Nguyen · Cosponsor
  • Santiago · Cosponsor
  • Waldron · Cosponsor
  • Scott D. Wiener · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 112 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Atkins

Co-sponsors (9)

  • Bates
  • Cunningham
  • Dodd
  • Galgiani
  • Leyva
  • Nguyen
  • Santiago
  • Waldron
  • Wiener, Scott D. Democratic

Not signed on (112)

112 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB970 Atkins et al. Concurrence

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Lara — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Cannella — Yea
De León — Yea
Chang — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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SB 970 Atkins Senate Third Reading By SANTIAGO

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 58000
Democratic 16000
Republican 6000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Levine — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Burke — Yea
Medina — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Gray — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Daly — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Chau — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Consent Calendar SB970

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33001
Democratic 5000
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Yea
De León — Yea
Allen — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hertzberg — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 970 do?
Existing law requires specified businesses and other establishments 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. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) makes specified employment practices unlawful, including the harassment of an employee directly by the employer or indirectly by agents of the employer with the employer's knowledge. FEHA requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide at least 2 hours of prescribed training and education regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees within 6 months of their assumption of a supervisory position and once every 2 years, as specified. This bill would amend FEHA to require specified employers to provide at least 20 minutes of prescribed training and education regarding human trafficking awareness to employees who are likely to interact or come into contact with victims of human trafficking, as defined. The bill would establish a schedule for compliance commencing January 1, 2020. The bill would authorize the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, in the case of an employer violation of the bill's requirements, to seek an order requiring compliance.
Who sponsors SB 970?
SB 970 is sponsored by Bates, Atkins, Cunningham, Dodd, Galgiani, Leyva, Nguyen, Santiago, Waldron, and Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 970?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2018. Enacted.
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