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Committee backs bill to remove or extend statutes of limitations for trafficking cases after survivor testimony
Summary
After powerful survivor testimony, the committee released AB4966, which eliminates the criminal statute of limitations for human trafficking prosecutions (expanded in committee amendments to include kidnapping) and extends civil filing windows; survivor witnesses urged removal of deadlines to allow victims to pursue civil remedies.
The Assembly committee advanced Assembly Bill 4966 following testimony from survivors and advocates who described barriers that statutes of limitations create for trafficking victims seeking justice.
Christine Di Maria, who testified she was trafficked at 15 and escaped at 16, told the committee that she had collected documents and witnesses but was still time‑barred from civil suits. She…
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