HB79 Summary

• Amends Section 13A-6-153 of the Alabama Code to add knowingly advertising access to sexual or labor servitude of another person as a crime of human trafficking in the second degree.

• The advertisement prohibition applies to both online and print advertising of sexual or labor servitude.

• Human trafficking in the second degree remains classified as a Class B felony.

• Becomes effective October 1, 2024.

• Excludes itself from constitutional restrictions on local expenditures because it defines a new crime.