Plain English Breakdown
The official text does not specify an effective date or implementation timeline beyond the enactment status.
Human Trafficking Data Reporting
This law requires California's Department of Justice to publish data on human trafficking arrests and victims on its OpenJustice Web portal.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the Department of Justice to include information about human trafficking arrests on the OpenJustice Web portal.
- Mandates that the number of individuals reported as victims of human trafficking be included in online criminal statistics via the California Incident-Based Reporting System.
- Imposes a state-mandated local program requiring law enforcement agencies to collect and report this additional information.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Department of Justice
- Local law enforcement agencies required to report data
Terms To Know
- OpenJustice Web portal
- A website run by the Department of Justice that shares criminal statistics.
- California Incident-Based Reporting System
- The system used to report detailed crime data, including human trafficking victims, from local agencies to the state.
- State-mandated local program
- A requirement for local agencies to perform tasks that may qualify them for state reimbursement if costs are determined by the Commission on State Mandates.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not specify an exact date when this new data must first appear.
- Reimbursement depends on a future determination by the Commission on State Mandates regarding whether costs exist.