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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 14: Blake Eskioglu (L) and Camden Eskioglu pose for a photo shoot as Cosmopolitan NYFW brings awareness against child sex trafficking at New Yorker Hotel on February 14, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Cosmopolitan NYFW)

California Senate Bill SB-14 Gains Momentum: Assemblyman Gallagher Discusses Fight Against Child Trafficking and State Exodus

Many across the country have their eyes on California Senate Bill SB-14. It aims to make child trafficking a serious felony, which would result in harsher punishment for offenders, such as longer prison sentences.

Republican state Sen. Shannon Grove, center, speaks to reporters in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday, July 13, 2023. A bill Grove authored to increase penalties on child traffickers passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Thursday. The bill had previously failed to advance through the committee. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

Calif. Assembly Cmte Reverses Course On Bill Bolstering Penalties For Human Trafficking

A California assembly committee has reversed course on a bill increasing penalties for human trafficking.

TOPSHOT - Children listen to their teacher as they sit in a classroom on the first day of the start of the school year, at the Chaptal elementary school in Paris, on September 2, 2019. - In France some 12.4 million students crossed the doors of elementary schools (6.7 million), secondary school (3.4 million) and high schools (2.3 million) on September 2, 2019. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images)

CA child trafficking bill is blocked, but supporters push to save it

A California assembly committee blocked Senate Bill 14 that would have increased the penalties for human trafficking, specifically for trafficking children. Six Democrats voted ‘no’ while two Republicans voted ‘yes.