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IN HCR0015

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

1/26/2018

Primary Sponsor

John Bartlett

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is observed on January 11 each year, commemorating President Barack Obama's 2011 Presidential Proclamation designating January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

  • Modern slavery persists in the United States despite the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery in 1865, affecting children, women, and men who may be foreign nationals or American citizens

  • Human trafficking victims are subjected to sex trafficking, forced labor, involuntary servitude, forced marriage, and debt bondage

  • The Indiana General Assembly recognizes National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and urges all Hoosiers to take action to prevent human trafficking

Legislative Description

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing National Human Trafficking Awareness Day 2018.

Last Action

Returned to the House

1/26/2018

Full Bill Text

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