Human trafficking: data.

Dixon, with coauthor Alanis, advances a measure that would require the OpenJustice portal to publish data on arrests connected to human trafficking and the number of trafficking victims, drawn from the state’s incident-based reporting system. The core change adds a data-publication requirement to the OpenJustice framework and, by design, creates a state-mandated local program by imposing additional data collection and reporting duties on local law enforcement agencies.

The measure would place the new data category—including arrests for human trafficking and the count of victims defined by trafficking law—into OpenJustice outputs, with information drawn from IBRS. Local agencies would need to install, maintain, and report records necessary for accurate statistical reporting to the Attorney General, expanding existing requirements. The bill does not include an appropriation; if the Commission on State Mandates determines there are mandated costs, reimbursements would occur under the standard mandate framework.

Enforcement would rely on existing reporting mechanisms and the Attorney General’s prescribed formats and timelines. The bill does not establish new penalties. It references the OpenJustice publication framework and the IBRS process, but does not specify an operative date within the text provided; practical implementation would follow standard statutory timing or agency guidance. The bill text does not explicitly address privacy protections. Stakeholders include local law enforcement, the California Department of Justice, and OpenJustice users; local agencies could face added data-management costs, while DOJ would oversee publication of the new data within the OpenJustice system. The measure sits within a broader context of state data transparency related to trafficking statistics.