SB 1027 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California Street Prostitution Issues and Options Task Force.

Summary

Under existing law, an individual who solicits, who agrees to engage in, or who engages in any act of prostitution is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. Under existing law, a person who deprives or violates the personal liberty of another with the intent to obtain forced labor or services, or for the purpose of prostitution or sexual exploitation, is guilty of the crime of human trafficking and subject to imprisonment. This bill would, until January 1, 2030, establish the California Street Prostitution Issues and Options Task Force to take specified actions related to street prostitution and human trafficking, including collecting and organizing data related to prostitution and sex trafficking, examining models and strategies for enforcing existing law and supporting survivors of human trafficking, analyzing state law for its adequacy in addressing street prostitution, and recommending revisions to state law to address street prostitution and human trafficking. The bill would prescribe the composition of the task force and appointing authority. The bill would require the task force to hold its first meeting no later than July 1, 2027, and would require the task force to meet at least once every 2 months until July 1, 2028. The bill would require the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the Legislature by January 1, 2029, as specified, and would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2030.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 10, 2026 Last action May 14, 2026

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What changed between versions

04/20/26 - Amended Senate → SB1027 · 1 edit

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02/10/26 - Introduced → 04/20/26 - Amended Senate · 13 edits · Apr 20, 2026

MAJOR

The Senate amendment significantly expands the scope of the California Street Prostitution Issues and Options Task Force by adding sex trafficking throughout its mandate, requiring recommendations for a statewide prevalence study, identifying available services for sex workers and trafficking survivors, and extending the timeline by several months. The task force composition was expanded to include public health officials, academic researchers, mental health experts, and individuals with lived experience as sex workers or trafficking survivors.

SCOPE

The task force's data collection mandate was broadened from street prostitution alone to 'street prostitution and sex trafficking in California.'

The mandate to examine enforcement models was expanded to also cover supporting survivors of human trafficking, preventing human trafficking, and mitigating the impact of street prostitution and human trafficking on communities.

The analysis of existing state law was expanded to include 'supporting survivors of human trafficking' as a factor in assessing adequacy.

REQUIREMENT

New requirement for the task force to prepare recommendations on a sex work and human trafficking prevalence study, including its cost, the best entity to conduct it, how often it should be done, and what characteristics (citizenship, gender, age, race) should be analyzed.

New requirement to analyze the impact of recent laws regarding street prostitution and human trafficking on the problem of human trafficking.

New requirement to identify available federal, state, and local programs providing services to sex workers and survivors of trafficking (health care, housing, education, legal assistance, job training, interpreting services, ESL classes, voluntary repatriation, victim's compensation) and assess the need for additional services including shelter.

New requirement to examine collaborative models between governmental and nongovernmental organizations for supporting survivors of human trafficking and preventing trafficking.

TECHNICAL

New provision explicitly establishing the task force within the office of the Attorney General.

ELIGIBILITY

Three new government members added to the task force: Director of Social Services, Director of Health Care Services, and State Public Health Officer.

Two new expert members added: one university researcher with expertise in sex work and human trafficking (appointed by Governor) and one mental health expert with similar expertise (appointed by Governor).

Four new lived-experience members added: two people with lived experience as sex workers (appointed by Speaker of the Assembly) and two survivors of sex trafficking (appointed by Senate Rules Committee).

TIMELINE

The final meeting deadline was extended from February 1, 2028 to July 1, 2028.

The report deadline to the Governor, Attorney General, and Legislature was extended from July 1, 2028 to January 1, 2029.

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Committee

Amendments

May 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

upper

Apr 21, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Apr 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

upper

Apr 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3871.) (April 14).

upper

Apr 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

April 7 hearing postponed by committee.

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and G.O.

upper

Feb 10, 2026

Introduced

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

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors