CA AB2319

Expands the definition of human trafficking under Penal Code Section 236.1 to include causing, inducing, or persuading a person under 18 years of age to engage in a commercial sex act with intent to effect or maintain specified felonies

Adds that depriving or violating a person's liberty to effect provision of a person under 16 years old for lewd or lascivious acts, or procurement of minors for sexually explicit material, constitutes human trafficking

Defines "commercial sex act" as sexual conduct for which anything of value is given or received

Increases punishment for human trafficking where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of offense from three, four, or five years to four, six, or eight years imprisonment

Specifies that no state reimbursement is required for local agencies or school districts because the act creates a new crime or changes penalties for existing crimes