HI HB1960

Department of the Attorney General must develop a human trafficking awareness training program for transient accommodations sector workers by July 1, 2027, covering trafficking definitions, indicators, victim identification, and reporting procedures.

Transient accommodations employers and third-party contractors must provide the training to employees and contract workers within 180 days of employment and at least every two years thereafter.

Employers and contractors must maintain training completion records, post human trafficking awareness signage in conspicuous locations in English and any language spoken by at least 10% of workers, and develop human trafficking prevention policies with reporting procedures.

Employers, contractors, employees, and contract workers who comply with requirements and report suspected trafficking in good faith are protected from civil or criminal liability for third-party trafficking acts, unless they knowingly assist in the crime.

Violations result in civil fines per offense, with each day of continued violation constituting a separate offense; the Department of Law Enforcement must adopt implementing rules in consultation with the Attorney General.