HB 2573 Summary

• Removes the statute of limitations for sex trafficking prosecutions, allowing charges to be filed at any time regardless of when the offense occurred.

• Expands sex trafficking definition to include offering or agreeing to pay consideration to a minor to engage in sexual conduct, establishing strict liability for the victim's age.

• Adds "coercion" as a method of committing sex trafficking and clarifies that consent is not a defense to sex trafficking charges.

• Repeals the separate offense of "solicitation of a minor for prostitution" and consolidates it into the sex trafficking statute as a class A felony.

• Makes sex trafficking a registrable sexual offense under Hawaii's sex offender registry requirements.