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GA SR879

Resolution

Status

Passed

2/23/2018

Primary Sponsor

Gloria Butler

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Origin

Senate

2017-2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes February 20, 2018, as Sex Trafficking Awareness Day at the Georgia state capitol
  • Cites International Labour Organization estimates of $99 billion per year in global profits from commercial sexual exploitation
  • Notes that Atlanta's underground sex industry grew from $238 million to $290 million between 2003 and 2007, a 22 percent increase, according to a 2014 Urban Institute study
  • Acknowledges the efforts of seven organizations—Freedom Coalition, Georgia Cares, House of Cherith, Out of Darkness, Street Grace, United Way of Greater Atlanta, and Wellspring Living—in organizing tens of thousands of grassroots activists to combat sex trafficking
  • Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the named organizations

Legislative Description

Sex Trafficking Awareness Day; recognize February 20, 2018

Last Action

Senate Read and Adopted

2/23/2018

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