Children - Labor Trafficking [SB-550]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Human Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "abuse" to include labor trafficking of a child by any individual for purposes of provisions of law governing children in need of assistance cases and child abuse and neglect reporting; and expanding provisions of law relating to the Safe Harbor Regional Navigator Grant Program to apply to child victims of labor trafficking.
SB-550: Children - Labor Trafficking
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 348 on 04/25/2024
Children - Labor Trafficking [HB-508]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Human Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "abuse" to include labor trafficking of a child by any individual for purposes of provisions of law governing children in need of assistance cases and child abuse and neglect reporting; expanding provisions of law relating to the Safe Harbor Regional Navigator Grant Program to apply to child victims of labor trafficking; and requiring the Department of Human Services to include labor trafficking in its annual report on child sex trafficking to the Governor and the General Assembly.
HB-508: Children - Labor Trafficking
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 349 on 04/25/2024
Minors Convicted as Adults - Sentencing - Transfer to Juvenile Court [HB-445]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, and authorizing the court to do so; and requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile determination under certain circumstances.
HB-445: Minors Convicted as Adults - Sentencing - Transfer to Juvenile Court
Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Simpson
Hearing Canceled on 02/01/2024
Relating To The Sexual Exploitation Of Minors. [SB-1216]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes the sexual exploitation of minors steering committee to investigate issues related to sexually exploited minors. Requires interim and final reports to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys.
SB-1216: Relating To The Sexual Exploitation Of Minors.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carol Fukunaga
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
Criminal Procedure – Facial Recognition Technology – Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions [HB-338]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing requirements, procedures, and prohibitions relating to the use of facial recognition technology by a law enforcement agency; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to administer a training program regarding the use of facial recognition technology by June 30, 2026; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to report to the General Assembly by October 1 each year the information reported by law enforcement agencies using facial recognition technology; etc.
Relating To Human Trafficking. [SB-235]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes a statewide human trafficking prevention program overseen by the department of the attorney general to provide services and assistance to commercially sexually exploited children and victims of human trafficking. Requires reports to the legislature. Effective 12/31/2050. (HD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Michelle N. Kidani
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
Commercial sex trafficking, prostitution, etc.; increases penalties. [SB-559]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Commercial sex trafficking, prostitution, etc.; penalties. Increases from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony the penalties for the following crimes if a minor is not involved: (i) human trafficking; (ii) receiving money or other valuable thing for or on account of causing any person to engage in forced labor or services, concubinage, prostitution, or the manufacture of any obscene material or child pornography; (iii) receiving any money or other valuable thing from the earnings of any male or female engaged in prostitution; and (iv) commercial
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SB-559: Commercial sex trafficking, prostitution, etc.; increases penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. John J. McGuire
Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (9-y 5-n) on 01/24/2024
Human smuggling; penalties. [SB-384]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Human smuggling; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person who, with the intent to obtain a pecuniary benefit, knowingly and with the intent to evade the immigration laws of the United States uses a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other means of conveyance to transport another person in or through the Commonwealth and knows or should have known that such person being transported is likely to be exploited for the financial gain of another. Human smuggling; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person who, with the intent
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SB-384: Human smuggling; penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Glen H. Sturtevant
Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/05/2024
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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HB-859: Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. James A. Leftwich
Continued To 2025 In Public Safety By Voice Vote on 02/09/2024
Human trafficking; attorneys for the Commonwealth to establish multidisciplinary response teams. [HB-581]
[Human Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Human trafficking response teams. Requires attorneys for the Commonwealth to establish multidisciplinary human trafficking response teams. The bill provides that each team shall hold a meeting, at least annually, to (i) discuss implementation of protocols and policies; (ii) establish and review guidelines for the community's response to various forms of human trafficking, including sex trafficking and labor trafficking; and (iii) review protocols for the trauma-informed, victim-centered collection, preservation, and secure storage of evidence from
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HB-581: Human trafficking; attorneys for the Commonwealth to establish multidisciplinary response teams.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian E. Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0366) on 04/03/2024