California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1918: Human trafficking: body art practitioners.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 52.6 of the Civil Code, relating to human trafficking. human trafficking Human trafficking: body art practitioners. Existing law requires certain businesses or establishments to post a notice relating to slavery and human trafficking, including hotlines and available services and support information. Existing law requires certain businesses or establishments to provide certain employees at least 20 minutes of training on human trafficking, as specified. Under existing law, the training must cover certain subjects, including how to recognize human trafficking…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to amend Section 52.6 of the Civil Code, relating to human trafficking. human trafficking Human trafficking: body art practitioners. Existing law requires certain businesses or establishments to post a notice relating to slavery and human trafficking, including hotlines and available services and support information. Existing law requires certain businesses or establishments to provide certain employees at least 20 minutes of training on human trafficking, as specified. Under existing law, the training must cover certain subjects, including how to recognize human trafficking. The training may also include information and material utilized by private nonprofit organizations that represent the interests of human trafficking victims and the Department of Justice, among other things. This bill would additionally require body art facilities, by July 1, 2027, to post the above-described notice and to provide the human trafficking training to their employees and registered practitioners, as specified. The bill would instead authorize the training to include evidence-based, trauma-informed curriculum developed by the above-described nonprofit organizations and information and material available on the Department of Justice’s internet website. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 52.6 of the Civil Code is amended to read: 52.6. (a) Each of the following businesses and other establishments shall, upon …