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GA HR1542
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/21/2014
Primary Sponsor
Buzz Brockway
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AI Summary
- Recognizes March 13, 2014, as End Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Day at the Georgia state capitol
- Notes that DMST victims in Georgia doubled from approximately 250 to almost 500 girls per month between late 2007 and early 2011, according to the Governor's Office for Children and Families
- Cites a youthSpark study finding that 7,200 men pay for sex with adolescent females each month in Georgia, accounting for 8,700 paid sex acts
- Acknowledges Georgia as the first state to scientifically track adolescent DMST victims and the first state under study to see a systematic decline in victim numbers
- Directs the Clerk of the House to transmit copies of the resolution to Street Grace, youthSpark, and Wellspring Living, three organizations that organized tens of thousands of grassroots activists statewide to combat DMST
Legislative Description
End Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Day at the state capitol; March 13, 2014; recognize
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
2/21/2014
Full Bill Text
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