And that’s where the bill appeared to die until the chairman, Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), got a wake-up call from Newsom, Rivas and many angry voters.įor years, that committee has been a deathbed for sentence-stiffening bills. Next stop: The Assembly Public Safety Committee. Originally, she wanted to apply the stiffer sentences to all sex trafficking, regardless of the victi..