re: California votes AGAINST making the human trafficking of a minor a serious felony...

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If it passed and was supported by both parties why would a committee have the authority to deny?

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apparently, you did not read the article.

It passed in the Senate. After a bill passes the senate, Schoolhouse Rock tells us that it then goes to the lower chamber (called the “assembly“ in California).

In the lower chamber, it again goes through committee, before it again goes to the floor. For whatever reason, the bill was temporarily killed in committee in that second chamber. The bill is still subject to reconsideration.

To be clear, the trafficking in question is already a felony under California law. What this bill would have done is add trafficking (not a capital felony) to a list of capital felonies for purposes of the California recidivism law. (That is a somewhat simplified explanation.)

it is entirely possible that someone looked at this legislation and said “trafficking is really bad, but it’s not nearly as bad as murder.“