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Senate committee advances S1989 to extend penalties to those who profit from human trafficking
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee released S1989, which would expand human-trafficking offenses to cover individuals who financially benefit and add enhanced penalties for those profiting or trafficking minors; public testimony urged pairing the bill with immigrant-trust protections.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to release S1989, legislation sponsored by Senators Gopal and Singleton that would expand the crime of human trafficking to include people who financially benefit from trafficking schemes and would add enhanced penalties in two categories: participants who profit from a trafficking scheme and those who traffic minors for coerced labor or services.
Chairman Stack briefly summarized committee amendments that clarify the two enhanced-penalty categories…
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