CT SB00834

Establishes a Trafficking in Persons Council within the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women for administrative purposes.

Council membership includes 23 required positions: state agency heads (Attorney General, Chief State's Attorney, commissioners, etc.), three judicial branch representatives, one police chief, and seven public members appointed by legislative leaders and the Governor.

Chairperson of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women shall serve as council chairperson; members serve without compensation but receive reimbursement for necessary expenses.

Council shall hold meetings to provide updates, identify service criteria for adult and child trafficking victims, and consult with governmental and nongovernmental organizations on preventing trafficking, protecting victims, and prosecuting traffickers.

Council must submit annual reports to the General Assembly beginning January 1, 2008, with legislative recommendations; defines "trafficking" to include recruitment, transport, harboring, and receipt of persons through force, coercion, fraud, or deception for slavery-like conditions or forced labor.