Expands criminal and civil penalties for human trafficking, and expands human trafficking training requirements for law enforcement.*
Reported with Assembly committee amendments Second Reading Assembly
Summary
The measure makes human‑trafficking offenses punishable by up to $200,000 in fines and 10‑20 years in prison, eliminates any statute of limitations for those crimes, and treats attempts and conspiracies as first‑degree offenses. It requires every county to form a Human Trafficking Response Team and mandates new training for law‑enforcement, hotel staff, health‑care facilities and other officials, with completion tied to licensing. The bill also creates new civil‑action rights for victims and appropriates $750,000 for the state commission to fund the response teams.
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