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Panel adds human-trafficking-of-children language to child abuse study, advances House Bill 1410
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee amended House Bill 1410 to add “human trafficking of children” to the list of offenses to be studied, approved the amendment unanimously among those voting, and then reported the bill to the consent calendar with a do-pass recommendation.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to add human trafficking of children to the list of offenses the panel directed to study and advanced House Bill 1410 as amended.
Chairman Clamine said legislative staff and witnesses suggested adding explicit language about human trafficking to ensure the study would address the issue. Anna Frizzell asked the committee to make the amendment because "with the seriousness of the discussion today...it would be helpful to put it in a list with physical abuse...and so forth of things that are going to be studied," according to the transcript.
The amendment replaced certain wording and inserted "human trafficking of children" into two places in the bill’s list of offenses; committee members read the amendment into the record before a motion. Representative Schneider moved the amendment; Representative Van Winkle seconded. The roll call recorded 11 yes, 0 no, and 4 absent; the amendment carried.
After considering the amendment, Representative Schneider moved a do pass as amended recommendation for HB1410; Representative Carls seconded. The roll call on the due-pass motion was recorded in the transcript as 10 yes, 0 no, and 4 absent. Chairman Clamine said the bill will be put on the consent calendar.
Why it matters: adding "human trafficking of children" makes the study list explicit about that offense and aligns the bill’s study scope with testimony urging focused attention on trafficking in the context of crimes against children. Committee members clarified the amendment specified "human trafficking of children" rather than a broader, non-age-specific trafficking provision; one member noted the study is limited to matters related to children.
The committee named a bill carrier to be prepared in case the bill is pulled from the consent calendar; no substantive changes beyond those described in the amendment were adopted in committee.
Ending: The committee approved the amendment and forwarded HB1410 to the consent calendar with a do-pass recommendation.
