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Advocates and service groups back immunity for reporting crimes in the sex trades and call to repeal enhanced fines; one reform moves to full Senate
Summary
Advocates, survivors and legal groups urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to adopt immunity for people in the sex trades who report violent crimes and to repeal enhanced fines that apply only to women convicted of prostitution-related offenses.
Senate Bill 278 (criminal-legal immunity for reporting violent crimes by people in the sex trades) and Senate Bill 296 (repeal of an enhanced monetary penalty that applies only to women convicted of prostitution-related offenses) were discussed March 25 with broad support from survivors, service providers and civil-rights groups.
Sponsor Senator Murray said the immunity measure would allow sex-trade workers and trafficking survivors…
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