Hard to believe child sex trafficking isn’t already a serious felony anywhere in the US. Sounds like the democRATs had to be dragged kicking and screaming because it might infringe on their MAP constituents. As Pelosi would say, “it’s for the children.”
It was already a felony with a range of serious sentences up to life in prison. Making it a “serious felony” has to do with how ot interacts with California’s three strikes laws.