A California bill to toughen the sentencing of repeated child sex traffickers has stalled again in the Legislature, this time after having been placed on a list of hundreds of bills that can be killed without a vote or public explanation.
Senate Bill 14, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Shannon Grove, would classify human trafficking of a minor for sex as a “serious felony.” The change means that offenders would fit California’s “three-strike” sentencing scheme, where a third-striker faces a mandatory sentence of 25 years to life in prison, with no time off for good behavior or working.
