AL HB432

Public lodging establishments must provide human trafficking awareness training to all employees within 180 days of employment or within 180 days of the effective date (October 1, 2020).

Training must cover definitions of human trafficking and commercial exploitation, identification of at-risk individuals and trafficking signs, differences between labor and sex trafficking, employee reporting roles, and contact information for the National Human Trafficking Hotline and local law enforcement.

Establishments must post human trafficking awareness signs in conspicuous locations by October 1, 2020, in English and any other language spoken by more than 10 percent of employees.

Owners, operators, and employees who make good-faith reports of suspected human trafficking are immune from liability, and compliant establishments are protected from liability for third-party human trafficking unless they knowingly assist in the crime.

The Attorney General shall establish a civil fine schedule for violations, with all collected fines deposited into the Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force fund; the Alabama Department of Public Health maintains a non-compliance list with 90 days to cure violations before Attorney General notification.