CA SB970

Requires hotels and motels to provide at least 20 minutes of human trafficking awareness training to employees likely to interact with or come into contact with trafficking victims, commencing January 1, 2020.

Applies training requirement to employees in positions with recurring public interactions, including reception, housekeeping, customer assistance with possessions, and driving customers.

Mandates ongoing training occur once every two years after the initial January 1, 2020 deadline, with new employees trained within six months of hire in those roles.

Training content must cover human trafficking and commercial exploitation definitions, identification of at-risk individuals, labor versus sex trafficking in hotels, employee reporting roles, and contact information for the National Human Trafficking Hotline (1-888-373-7888) and local law enforcement.

Provides employers and employees protection from liability for unreported trafficking cases and authorizes the Department of Fair Employment and Housing to seek compliance orders for violations.