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Committee advances bill to expand human-trafficking penalties to include financial beneficiaries
Summary
S1989, sponsored by Senators Gopal and Singleton, was advanced with committee amendments that create enhanced penalties for participants who financially benefit from trafficking and for those who traffic minors for coerced labor; advocates urged pairing the bill with the Immigrant Trust Act to improve reporting. The bill moves to the full Senate with unanimous committee support.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday voted to advance S1989, a bill that would broaden New Jersey’s human-trafficking statute to cover people who financially benefit from trafficking schemes, and add enhanced penalties for trafficking that targets minors for coerced labor or services.
Chairman Stack introduced the bill and described committee amendments that clarify two categories for enhanced penalties: (1) participants in a trafficking scheme who benefit financially…
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