1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring employees of lodging facilities to be trained to 
1.3 	recognize sex trafficking;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 327.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [327.135] SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION TRAINING.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Prevention training required. Every person operating within this state 
1.8 	a lodging house, hotel or motel, or resort furnishing sleeping or overnight stopping 
1.9 	accommodations for transient guests shall ensure that each employee within 90 days of the 
1.10 	time of hire receives training on the recognition of potential victims of sex trafficking and 
1.11 	activities commonly associated with sex trafficking. The operators shall conduct ongoing 
1.12 	awareness campaigns for employees on the activities commonly associated with sex 
1.13 	trafficking. The operator of each lodging house, hotel or motel, or resort furnishing sleeping 
1.14 	or overnight stopping accommodations for transient guests shall annually certify in each 
1.15 	employee's personnel file that each employee has received the required training. "Sex 
1.16 	trafficking" has the meaning given in section 609.321, subdivision 7a.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Violation. A violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed 
1.18 	$1,000 for each violation.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. Subdivision 1 is effective August 1, 2018, and 
1.20 	the initial annual certification required by this subdivision must be made on or before July 
1.21 	1, 2019.