IN HR0012

Urges the Indiana legislative council to assign a study committee to examine human sex trafficking on the Internet

Average age when children are first used in commercial sex is 12 to 14 years old

Study committee must analyze legal issues relating to regulation of adult service advertisements and determine if Indiana courts have jurisdiction over Internet websites containing such advertisements

Study committee must review how other states have regulated adult service advertisements and determine appropriate sanctions for entities advertising services involving underage children

Notes that online adult service advertisements reach hundreds of thousands of Indiana homes daily and have been found to involve illegal activity including sex trafficking