Florida Senate - 2019 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 540 Ì619312|Î619312 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 02/19/2019 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Criminal Justice (Perry) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 64 - 86 4 and insert: 5 for employees of public lodging establishments; enforcement.— 6 (1) A public lodging establishment shall: 7 (a) Provide training regarding human trafficking awareness 8 to employees of the establishment who perform housekeeping 9 duties in the rental units or who work at the front desk or 10 reception area where guests ordinarily check-in or check-out. 11 Such training shall be provided within 6 months after employment 12 in that role, or by January 1, 2021, whichever occurs later. 13 Proof of such employee training shall be provided to the 14 division upon request. 15 (b) By January 1, 2021, implement a procedure for the 16 reporting of suspected human trafficking to the National Human 17 Trafficking Hotline or to a local law enforcement agency. 18 (c) By January 1, 2021, post in a conspicuous place in the 19 establishment accessible to employees a sign with the relevant 20 provisions of the reporting procedure provided for in paragraph 21 (b). 22 (2) The human trafficking awareness training required in 23 paragraph (1)(a) shall be submitted to and approved by the 24 division before the training is provided to employees and shall 25 include the following: 26 (a) The definition of human trafficking and the difference 27 between the two forms of human trafficking: sex trafficking and 28 labor trafficking. 29 (b) Guidance specific to the public lodging sector on how 30 to identify individuals who may be victims of human trafficking. 31 (c) Guidance on the role of the employees of a public 32 lodging establishment in reporting and responding to suspected 33 human trafficking. 34 (3) Pursuant to s. 509.261, the division may take 35 disciplinary action against a public lodging establishment that 36 has operated or is operating in violation of this section. 37 (4) This section does not establish a private cause of 38 action. A public lodging establishment shall not be liable for 39 any harm resulting from the failure of an employee to prevent, 40 detect, or report suspected human trafficking if the public 41 lodging establishment was in compliance with the requirements of 42 this section at the time of such harm. 43 44 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 45 And the title is amended as follows: 46 Delete lines 3 - 10 47 and insert: 48 509.096, F.S.; requiring a public lodging 49 establishment to train certain employees and create 50 certain policies relating to human trafficking by a 51 specified date; providing requirements for such 52 training; permitting the Division of Hotels and 53 Restaurants of the Department of Business and 54 Professional Regulation to take disciplinary action 55 against a public lodging establishment for failure to 56 comply with such requirements; providing that this 57 section does not establish a private cause of action 58 against a public lodging establishment; creating s. 59 787.08,