SB372 Summary

• Establishes two new crimes: human trafficking in the first degree (Class A felony) and human trafficking in the second degree (Class B felony), with enhanced penalties if victim is under 18 years old (minimum 10 years imprisonment).

• Defines human trafficking as knowingly subjecting another person to labor servitude or sexual servitude through coercion or deception, with detailed definitions of what constitutes each form of coercion and deception.

• Requires mandatory restitution to victims including medical and psychological treatment costs, transportation, housing, child care, investigation and prosecution costs, and the greater of minimum wage value or actual proceeds from victim's labor.

• Allows trafficking victims to bring civil actions for actual, compensatory, and punitive damages with treble damages for willful and malicious conduct, plus attorney's fees, with no statute of limitations.

• Provides that evidence of victim's sexual history, family relationships to defendant, consent, age of consent laws, or mistake about victim's age shall not constitute a defense.