HB 722 - Human Trafficking Summary

• Establishes a statewide coordinator on human trafficking within the Department of the Attorney General to develop and implement prevention and victim assistance programs.

• Requires the attorney general to submit reports to the legislature by 2022 on commercial sexual exploitation of children and by 2023 on human trafficking, including data on suspected and confirmed victims, prosecutions, and service gaps.

• Mandates the program to develop statewide prevention strategies, promote public awareness, produce training materials, apply for federal funding, and maintain a website on trafficking prevention and victim resources.

• Amends Chapter 588 (Children's Justice Program) to include child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children within the program's scope of investigation and case management coordination.

• Effective date: May 6, 2137 (note: appears to contain a clerical error with year).