MN SF3367

Hotel and motel operators in Minnesota must ensure all on-site employees receive sex trafficking prevention training within 90 days of hire or 120 days of the bill's effective date (August 1, 2018), and annually thereafter.

Training program must be approved by the commissioner by November 1, 2018, in consultation with the state hotel and lodging association, and must cover what sex trafficking is, how to recognize victims, identify associated activities, and how to report suspected trafficking to law enforcement.

Operators must conduct ongoing awareness campaigns for employees and post and maintain a commissioner-approved poster with trafficking information in an accessible location.

Training requirements exempt employees under age 16 (unless they clean guest rooms), those working exclusively in restaurants or catering, and those without direct contact with guests or guest rooms.

Hotel and motel operators who fail to provide required training receive six months to comply with a compliance order for a first violation; good faith reporting of suspected trafficking provides immunity from civil liability.