FRESNO, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) — Heavier penalties for those taking part in child sex trafficking have been signed into law, an effort which began in the Central Valley.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Central Valley State Senator Shannon Grove’s Bill SB 1414 into law on Thursday. As well as increasing penalties for some forms child sex trafficking, it also supports victims and survivors.
“My team and everybody we fight so hard is because we’ve heard the stories from parents, from child trafficking survivors that are now adults and from adults that are, that were just recently rescued from human trafficking. And it’s horrific,” Senator Shannon Grove said…