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HB 521: Human Trafficking and Prostitution

GENERAL BILL by Skidmore

Human Trafficking and Prostitution; Revises definition of term "coercion"; provides criminal penalties for engaging in human trafficking or benefiting financially by receiving value from human trafficking using labor or services or commercial sexual activity of an adult; prohibits facilitating or enabling receiving of persons for purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, or facilitating or enabling any person to remain there for such purposes; provides increased criminal penalties for specified prohibited acts relating to prostitution, lewdness, or assignation.

Effective Date: 10/1/2022
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/5/2021 House • Filed
11/19/2021 House • Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
• Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
1/11/2022 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 House • Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee