** MEDIA ADVISORY** Senator Grove, Love Never Fails, Human Trafficking Survivors commemorate January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Celebrating Senate Bill 1414 becoming law

Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) is hosting a press conference with human trafficking survivors and the non-profit organization Love Never Fails (LNF) to announce Senate Concurrent Resolution 10 (SCR 10), which will be taken up for a vote on Monday, January 27 during Senate floor session. As a strong and relentless advocate for human trafficking survivors, Senator Grove makes it her mission to introduce the yearly resolution to recognize January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Senator Grove and attendees also will celebrate Senate Bill 1414, signed in 2024 and enacted on January 1, 2025, making it a felony to solicit, agree to engage or engage in sex with children.  

WHO:

  • Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield
  • Love Never Fails Founding Executive Director Vanessa Russell
  • Love Never Fails Sr. Program Manager Davina Kerrelola 
  • More than a dozen human trafficking survivors

WHAT:  Introduction of SCR 10, which will be voted on during Senate floor session on Monday, January 27. Click HERE to watch Senate floor session.

WHEN:  Monday, January 27, 2025 starts at 1:30PM. Press conference will conclude before 2:00PM so that members can attend Senate floor session. 

WHERE:  California State Capitol near the corner of 10th and N Streets