Human trafficking: data.

Assembly Member Dixon's legislation would require the California Department of Justice to publish human trafficking arrest data and victim statistics on its OpenJustice Web portal, expanding the criminal justice information currently available to the public. The Department would need to include both the number of arrests made under state human trafficking laws and the total count of identified trafficking victims.

The measure creates new data collection and reporting requirements for local law enforcement agencies, which must track and submit human trafficking arrests and victim statistics to the Attorney General's office. As a state-mandated local program, the bill provides for reimbursement to agencies for costs associated with these additional reporting duties, pending review by the Commission on State Mandates.

This addition to California's criminal justice data reporting system builds upon existing requirements for law enforcement agencies to maintain and share statistical information through the OpenJustice portal. The Department of Justice would incorporate the new human trafficking metrics alongside other crime statistics already published on the platform.