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Committee approves bill requiring human‑trafficking hotline posters in hotels, airports, restrooms
Summary
The committee approved House Bill 1474, amended to require letter‑size posters with hotline information in restrooms and specified public facilities the state associates with trafficking risk, including motels, airports and privately operated facilities near interstates.
Sen. Dave Wallace presented House Bill 1474 to the Senate Judiciary Committee with Rep. Johnny "Joey" Carr at the table; Wallace said the bill requires display of information about human trafficking where vulnerable people may encounter predators.
The committee adopted an amendment that added that posters be placed in restrooms and expanded the list of covered places to include hotels and motels cited as public nuisances for prostitution, airports, bus and train stations, and privately owned facilities offering food, fuel, showers and overnight parking within 320 feet of an interstate.
"We're trying to get posters up in businesses, centers where we see our young folks being trafficked by ****** predators," Wallace said, describing the sign as a letter‑size poster that lists a national hotline number for victims.
No members of the public signed in opposition or support beyond the sponsor; the committee voted to pass the bill as amended by voice vote.
Why it matters: The bill’s sponsors framed the measure as a low‑cost, public‑education step to make help more visible to victims. The amendment expanding restroom placement was adopted in committee before the vote.
