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RI H7667
Bill
Status
2/11/2026
Primary Sponsor
Sherry Roberts
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Transportation (replacing "any public or quasi-public transportation agency") to display human trafficking awareness signs at transportation stations, rest areas, and welcome centers open to the public
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Specifies sign requirements: minimum 8½" x 11" size, at least 16-point type, printed in English and Spanish with National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline (1-888-373-7888) and text line (233-733)
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Maintains existing employer requirements to post signs at strip clubs/sexually-oriented businesses, businesses found to be nuisances for prostitution, job-recruitment centers, hospitals, and emergency-care providers
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Eliminates the $300 fine previously imposed by the Department of Labor and Training on employers who knowingly fail to display required signage
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Takes effect upon passage
Legislative Description
Provides specific language for signs to be posted at certain establishments notifying people of contact information to the national human trafficking resource center.
Criminal Offenses
Last Action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
3/3/2026