Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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This bill clarifies and amends certain language regarding human trafficking and creates an offense for trafficking a vulnerable adult; clarifies that human trafficking of a child is an offense for which no statute of limitations applies; clarifies that those who knowingly benefit from human trafficking of a child can be charged as perpetrators; clarifies that victims of human trafficking may pursue civil actions against anyone who knowingly benefitted from the trafficking; replaces references to "children engaged in prostitution" with "children engaged in commercial sex"; directs law enforcement to investigate possible human trafficking of a child when they encounter a child engaged in commercial sex; and creates a first degree felony offense for trafficking a vulnerable adult. |
