Human trafficking, human trafficking victims, property forfeitures, rights of victims, admitting evidence of past actions, definitions of certain offenses, and providing penalties. (FE)

Under current law, a person who receives compensation from the earnings of a prostitute is guilty of a Class F felony. This bill adds that a person is guilty of a Class F felony if the person knowingly receives compensation from the earnings of debt bondage or from the earnings of sexual contact or intercourse for which anything of value is given to, promised, or received by any person.

Sex offenses, victims of crimes, and domestic abuse Under current law, a person who, for purposes of sexual arousal or gratification, causes a child to expose genitals or pubic area or exposes genitals or pubic area to a child is, with some exceptions, guilty of a felony. This bill adds the exposure of "intimate parts," which is defined to include a breast, buttock, anus, or groin of a human being.

Under current law, if a judge receives a presentence investigation report, the judge must disclose the contents of the report to the district attorney prior to sentencing and the district attorney generally must keep the report confidential.

This bill provides the victim the right to view the sentence recommendation on the presentence report and allows the district attorney to share the recommendation.

Under current law, with exceptions, evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts may not be admitted in a criminal proceeding to prove the person acted in character.

This bill states that, in a prosecution alleging human trafficking, an offense against a child, a serious sex offense, or a crime of domestic abuse or alleging the defendant committed a crime against his or her spouse, an individual with whom the defendant cohabited, or an individual with whom the defendant has a child, evidence of similar acts is generally admissible, and is admissible regardless of whether the victim of the other act is the same as the offense that is the subject of the prosecution.

Under current law, a court may place a person who has committed a serious sex offense on lifetime supervision if the court determines that such placement is necessary to protect the public. Included in the list of serious sex offenses is a violation, or the solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt to commit a violation, of a crime against life and bodily security, a crime against property, a crime against sexual morality, or a crime against a child, if the court determines that the person committed the violation for his or her sexual arousal or gratification. This bill adds to the list of serious sex offenses the violation, or the solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt to commit a violation, of a crime against reputation, privacy, and civil liberties, if the court determines that the person committed the violation for his or her sexual arousal or gratification.

This bill adds the offense of strangulation to several statutes, including to the list of offenses that render the person ineligible to participate in the intensive sanctions program, to the list of crimes for which a victim may be compensated by the Department of Justice, and to the definition of domestic abuse offense for the purpose of keeping confidential the victim's personal information on certain voting documents.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.