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Judiciary panel backs mandatory minimums for human trafficking offenses; debate centers on victims and prosecutorial discretion
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted 6–5 (three absent) to give House Bill 1361 a do-pass recommendation. The bill would set mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking-related felonies; members debated the effect on victims, prosecutorial discretion and judges’ sentencing flexibility.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 1361, a measure that would impose mandatory minimum sentences for a range of trafficking-related felony offenses.
Representative Johnston’s bill would set minimum sentences for felonies in the trafficking chapter: a class double-A felony would carry a 40-year minimum, a class A felony a 15-year minimum, and a class B felony a seven-year minimum. Committee members reviewed the existing…
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