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Bill would let attorney general prosecute human‑trafficking cases if local prosecutors do not act in six months
Summary
House Bill 45 cleared committee; the bill requires local agencies to submit probable‑cause reports to the attorney general and allows the AG to step in to prosecute trafficking cases if the local prosecutor has not taken action within six months, with a judicial safety valve for local objection.
The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice voted to report House Bill 45 favorably to the full Senate after sponsors and members debated a mechanism that would allow the attorney general to take over human‑trafficking prosecutions when local prosecutors do not act within six months.
Senator Huffman, the bill sponsor, told the committee that trafficking cases can be unusually complex — spanning multiple jurisdictions,…
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