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ID S1005

Bill

Status

Passed

3/21/2019

Primary Sponsor

Judiciary and Rules Committee

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Revises legislative intent to state it "is appropriate" (rather than "may also be appropriate") for law enforcement to receive human trafficking training and victim assistance resources.

  • Expands the definition of "human trafficking" to include detailed categories of sex trafficking and labor trafficking, with specific examples of force, fraud, or coercion methods such as document confiscation, debt bondage, and threats of legal abuse.

  • Adds new definitions for "sex trafficking" (including sexual conduct, contact, explicit performance, prostitution, and pornography production) and "commercial sexual activity" (sexual conduct or contact in exchange for anything of value).

  • Updates penalty provision effective date from July 1, 2006 to July 1, 2019 for persons committing human trafficking in conjunction with specified crimes, with punishment up to 25 years imprisonment.

  • Repeals Section 18-8605 on human trafficking victim protection and corrects cross-references in Sections 18-8303 and 18-8304 to reference the revised human trafficking definition.

Legislative Description

Amends and repeals existing law to revise legislative intent, to revise the definition of “human trafficking,” to define terms, and to revise the penalty for human trafficking.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Last Action

Session Law Chapter 143 Effective: 07/01/2019

3/21/2019

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Rules and Administration2/22/2019
Judiciary and Rules1/17/2019

Full Bill Text

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