Senate Bill 1311 Summary

• Establishes the Antihuman Trafficking Grant Fund under the Arizona Department of Homeland Security to distribute monies to eligible programs reducing human trafficking in Arizona.

• Eligible programs must either provide assistance and analytical services to law enforcement agencies, or provide victim services and training to law enforcement, prosecutorial agencies, and the public on preventing and identifying human trafficking.

• Appropriates $10,000,000 from the state general fund in fiscal year 2023-2024 to the newly established fund.

• Allocates $2,000,000 to the Department of Public Safety Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center for antihuman trafficking operations and $8,000,000 in award grants to municipal and county law enforcement agencies, capped at $500,000 per agency.

• Designates the appropriation as ongoing funding for future years and exempts it from lapsing provisions.