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SB 1027: California Street Prostitution Issues and Options Task Force.
What SB 1027 does, verified May 25, 2026
<p>The California Street Prostitution Issues and Options Task Force is established until January 1, 2030. The task force will collect data related to prostitution and sex trafficking, examine enforcement models and strategies for supporting survivors of human trafficking, analyze state laws addressing street prostitution, and recommend revisions to these laws. It must hold its first meeting by July 1, 2027, meet at least every two months until July 1, 2028, and report findings and recommendations to the governor, attorney general, and legislature by January 1, 2029.</p>
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| May. 14, 2026 | May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. |
| May. 08, 2026 | Set for hearing May 14. |
| May. 04, 2026 | May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. |
| Apr. 24, 2026 | Set for hearing May 4. |
| Apr. 21, 2026 | Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
Latest bill textAmended version, April 20, 2026 · 1,039 words
| Amended IN Senate April 20, 2026 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1027
| Introduced by Senator Strickland |
February 10, 2026 |
An act to add and repeal Title 6.7 (commencing with Section 13990) of Part 4 of the Penal Code, relating to human trafficking.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1027, as amended, Strickland. California Street Prostitution Issues and Options Task Force.
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, prostitution and sex trafficking, examining models and strategies for enforcing existing law, 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 February 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 July 1, 2028, January 1, 2029, as specified, and would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2030.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Title 6.7 (commencing with Section 13990) is added to Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:TITLE 6.7. The California Street Prostitution Issues and Options Task Force
13990.
(a) For the purposes of this title, the following definitions shall apply:(1) “Street prostitution” means the practice of soliciting or engaging in sexual acts for money in public places, including streets, parks, or street corners, that may involve visible solicitation and performance in nearby vehicles or secluded areas.
(2) “Trafficking” means all acts involved in the recruitment, abduction, transport, harboring, transfer, sale, or receipt of persons, within national or across international borders, through force, coercion, fraud, or deception, to place persons in situations of slavery or slavery-like conditions, forced labor, or services, including forced prostitution or sexual services, domestic servitude, bonded sweatshop labor, or other debt bondage.
(b) The California Street Prostitution Issues and Options Task Force is hereby established to do all of the following:
(1) Collect and organize data on the nature and extent of street prostitution and sex trafficking in California.
(2) Prepare recommendations for all of the following:
(A) The cost of a sex work and human trafficking prevalence study for California that addresses types of trafficking, including both sex and labor trafficking, and the dynamics of who is being trafficked, including citizenship, gender, age, race, and additional characteristics identified by the task force as essential to an understanding of the scope of these issues.
(B) The best entity to conduct such a study for California.
(C) How often such a study should be conducted in California.
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Examine models and strategies for enforcing street prostitution(3)Measure and evaluate any changes in incidence of, and law enforcement response to, street prostitution following the enactment of Chapter 86 of the Statutes of 2022 (Senate Bill No. 357), monitor and report on the impact of Chapter 82 of the Statutes of 2025 (Assembly Bill No. 379), and identify impacts of those laws on other related issues.
(4) Analyze the impact of recent laws regarding street prostitution and human trafficking on the problem of human trafficking.
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Analyze the role of street prostitution in human trafficking and the role that law enforcement response to street prostitution has on identifying, protecting against, and preventing human trafficking. Examine collaborative models between governmental and nongovernmental organizations for supporting survivors of human trafficking and preventing human trafficking.(6) Identify available federal, state, and local programs that provide services to sex workers and survivors of trafficking that include, but are not limited to, health care, human services, housing, education, legal assistance, job training or preparation, interpreting services, English-as-a-second-language classes, voluntary repatriation, and victim’s compensation. Assess the need for additional services, including, but not limited to, shelter services for trafficking survivors.
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(A) Analyze existing state law for its adequacy in addressing street prostitution, including any role state law plays in human trafficking, supporting survivors of human trafficking, and the impacts on communities resulting from street prostitution.(B) If the analysis determines that state law is inadequate, recommend revisions to existing law or the enactment of new law that specifically addresses street prostitution and the impacts of street prostitution and any related human trafficking on communities.
(6)Consult with governmental and nongovernmental organizations in developing recommendations to strengthen state and local efforts to prevent trafficking, protect and assist victims of trafficking, and prosecute traffickers.
(c) The task force shall be established within the office of the Attorney General.
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(d) The task force shall be chaired by the Attorney General or their designee.
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(e) The task force shall be comprised of the following representatives or their designees:
(1) The Attorney General.
(2) The Chairperson of the Judicial Council.
(3) The Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.
(4) One representative of the League of California Cities.
(5) The Director of Social Services.
(6) The Director of Health Care Services.
(7) The State Public Health Officer.
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One representative of the County Health Executives Association of California.(6)
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One representative of the County Welfare Directors Association of California.(7)
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One representative of the California State Association of Counties.Text of SB 1027 as amended, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions