Human Trafficking
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Transportation – Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [SB-7]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop or identify and implement a certain training program for transportation sector employees on the identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking victims; requiring transportation sector employers to certify by January 1, 2026, and each year thereafter that certain employees have completed the training program; requiring new employees to receive training within 90 days of hiring; removing civil and criminal liability for reporting of suspected trafficking; etc.
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Utah 2025 General Session
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Ritual Abuse Amendments [HB-66]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Ritual Abuse Amendments
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature, to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, or acts, and to the duties of peace officers regarding interactions with those victims. [HB-1686]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature, to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, or acts, and to the duties of peace officers regarding interactions with those victims.
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Utah 2025 General Session
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Criminal Offenses Modifications [HB-38]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Criminal Offenses Modifications
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of smuggling of persons. [SB-659]
[Crime ]
[Immigration ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of smuggling of persons.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
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Relating to combating human trafficking by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. [SB-610]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to combating human trafficking by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the creation of the Anti-Human-Trafficking Intelligence Center. [SB-389]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Relating to the creation of the Anti-Human-Trafficking Intelligence Center.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain trafficking and sexual offenses; increasing criminal penalties; changing parole eligibility. [HB-1391]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain trafficking and sexual offenses; increasing criminal penalties; changing parole eligibility.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to orders of nondisclosure for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. [HB-539]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to orders of nondisclosure for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to combating human trafficking by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. [HB-589]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to combating human trafficking by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to certain civil penalties collected for violations of laws regulating massage therapy. [HB-491]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Relating to certain civil penalties collected for violations of laws regulating massage therapy.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons. [SJR-17]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse. [HB-748]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the failure to report child abuse or neglect; increasing a criminal penalty. [HB-734]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the failure to report child abuse or neglect; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
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Relating to human trafficking prevention, including training for first responders, disclosure of human trafficking information by certain health care facilities, and protection for facility employees who report human trafficking. [HB-742]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to human trafficking prevention, including training for first responders, disclosure of human trafficking information by certain health care facilities, and protection for facility employees who report human trafficking.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
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Relating to human trafficking prevention, including training for medical assistants, disclosure of human trafficking information by certain health care facilities, and protection for facility employees who report human trafficking. [HB-754]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Relating to human trafficking prevention, including training for medical assistants, disclosure of human trafficking information by certain health care facilities, and protection for facility employees who report human trafficking.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the development and use of instructional modules and training for public schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and sex trafficking. [SB-196]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to the development and use of instructional modules and training for public schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. [HB-859]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Authorizes the Department of Criminal Justice Services to register and issue licenses for human trafficking investigators. The bill provides that a human trafficking investigator is a private investigator who is GSA compliant and engages in the business of, or accepts employment to make, investigations to obtain information on sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking as defined in the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and in the federal
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
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Human Trafficking Changes [HB-971]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
Human Trafficking Changes
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Pregnancy - Coercion (Protecting Pregnant Women Against Coercive Abuse and Human Trafficking) [HB-884]
[Public Health ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an individual from committing or threatening certain actions, including certain actions related to sex trafficking, with the intent of coercing a pregnant woman to have an abortion; providing that a pregnant minor is considered an emancipated minor for purposes of eligibility for public assistance if the minor is denied financial support from a parent or guardian due to the minor's refusal to have an abortion; etc.