Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: SF1048

Relating to public safety

ARTICLE 1 - HUMAN TRAFFICKING CRIMINAL AND VICTIM
PROVISIONS

Increasing criminal penalties for certain sex trafficking
offenses, providing for enhanced penalty based on aggravating factors; modifying
certain definitions; modifying employer retaliation prohibitions; including
solicitation, inducement, promotion of prostitution and sex trafficking in the
definition of the crime of violence for felony convictions offenses

ARTICLE 2
- HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING AND PUBLIC AWARENESS

Providing technical
training on human trafficking and labor trafficking for judges, prosecutors and
law enforcement; specifying certain duties of the commissioner of public safety
relating to the development and delivery of human trafficking training;
increasing public awareness of human trafficking, requiring the commissioner in
cooperation with governmental agencies and nongovernmental organizations to
prepare public awareness programs to educate potential victims of human
trafficking and their families on risks of victimization, evaluation
requirements; modifying certain public awareness initiative requirements;
requiring an annual report to the legislature

ARTICLE 3 - TRAFFICKING VICTIM
ASSISTANCE

Modifying certain trafficking victim assistance requirements,
requiring commissioner to develop a plan for services and specifying certain
plan content and approval requirements; authorizing the commissioner to make
grants to units of local government, Indian tribes and nonprofit nongovernmental
victims service organizations to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service
programs for victims of human trafficking and those at risk for human
trafficking including sexually exploited youth; requiring the commissioner to
establish certain program requirements for American Indians services; specifying
certain application requirements, duties of grantees and maintenance of data
collected by grantees; appropriating money to the commissioner of public
safety
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