SB1597 Summary - Human Trafficking

• Amends Illinois Police Training Act to require training in investigating domestic minor sex trafficking as part of minimum police academy curriculum.

• Modifies the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to classify any child who is a human trafficking victim as abused regardless of the perpetrator's identity.

• Provides for immediate expungement of juvenile court and law enforcement records for minors who are human trafficking victims adjudicated delinquent for prostitution.

• Eliminates mistake of age defenses for involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, grooming, and patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution; establishes that victims of involuntary sexual servitude of a minor are crime victims eligible for statutory protections.

• Adds trafficking-related offenses to the Sex Offender Registration Act as registrable offenses and exempts trafficking victims under 18 from filing and eligibility requirements under the Crime Victims Compensation Act.