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Committee approves bill to increase penalties for recruiting trafficking victims from shelters and other vulnerable settings
Summary
The committee passed House Bill 16-09, which would permit enhanced sentences when trafficking offenders recruit victims from shelters, foster homes, residential treatment centers, correctional facilities or other settings identified as high-risk; sponsors said judges retain discretion and recruitment targeted at the facility must be shown.
State Representative Lundstrom presented House Bill 16-09 to the House Judiciary Committee, describing it as an enhancement vehicle for judges when a trafficking offense targets particularly vulnerable people.
The bill would permit enhanced sentences where an offender recruited, enticed or obtained a trafficking victim from specified high-risk…
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