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California Bill Would Expand Search Warrants for Child Sex Trafficking Investigations

California Bill Would Expand Search Warrants for Child Sex Trafficking Investigations
Photographic evidence of human sex trafficking is displayed at the release of the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force’s 2023 Human Trafficking Victim Report in Irvine, Calif., on Oct. 3, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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New legislation in California could expand law enforcement’s ability to obtain search warrants in cases related to soliciting children for sex, broadening legislative efforts to combat sex trafficking.

Assembly Bill 2419 was introduced by Democrat Assemblyman Mike Gipson. It passed an Assembly vote 57–0 on May 23, and is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Public Safety Committee on July 2.
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