CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
| Introduced by Assembly Members Cunningham and Valladares (Coauthor: Assembly Member Lackey) |
| February 03, 2022 |
An act to add Section 52.65 to the Civil Code, relating to sex trafficking.
AB 1788, as introduced, Cunningham. Sex trafficking: hotels: constructive knowledge: civil penalty.
Existing law requires hotels, as defined, to provide at least 20 minutes of training to their staff on how to recognize human trafficking as it pertains specifically to the hotel sector. Existing law does not create liability against a hotel or its employees for the lack of reporting a human trafficking case.
This bill would allow civil penalties to be imposed against a hotel, as defined, if a supervisory employee, as defined, of the hotel knew or should have known of sex trafficking activities, as defined, that occurred within the hotel and failed to report to law enforcement, as specified, or if any employee of that hotel knowingly benefited from participating in a venture that the employee knew or should have known consisted of sex trafficking activity.
This bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county attorney to seek equitable relief, or to seek a civil penalty of $1,000 for the first occurrence, $3,000 for a 2nd occurrence within the same calendar year, and $5,000 for a 3rd and any subsequent occurrence of sex trafficking within the same calendar year. Against particularly egregious offenders,...
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