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OK HB1214

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Molly Jenkins

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Enacts the "Justice for Noncitizen Minors and Human Trafficking Accountability Act of 2025" to address trafficking of noncitizen minors by organizations that failed to exercise due diligence in placing unaccompanied minors

  • Requires the Human Trafficking Response Unit to submit a comprehensive report by December 31, 2026, documenting the number of minors trafficked or transported through Oklahoma by "minor child trafficking organizations" between January 20, 2021, and January 20, 2025

  • Directs the Attorney General to establish standards for data collection, validation, and preservation that comply with evidentiary rules for use in future civil litigation against traffickers and complicit organizations

  • Defines "minor child trafficking organizations" as entities that transported unaccompanied noncitizen minors and placed them without verifying prior custodial relationships or conducting reasonable due diligence including background checks, home studies, and post-placement monitoring

  • Effective November 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Human trafficking; Justice for Noncitizen Minors and Human Trafficking Accountability Act of 2025; findings; Human Trafficking Response Unit; report; information; Attorney General; standards; duties; task; terms; responsibilities; codification; effective date.

Last Action

Referred to Criminal Judiciary

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Criminal Judiciary2/4/2025
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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