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House passes changes to human-trafficking law, adds pathway for victims to vacate convictions
Summary
Lawmakers unanimously approved a substitute bill expanding trafficking elements, allowing courts to subpoena certain digital data and giving trafficking victims a pathway to challenge prior convictions under the Post Conviction Remedies Act. Sponsor said the bill targets coercion and dependent relationships used by traffickers.
The Utah House passed a substituted version of House Bill 274 on March 1 that expands the state’s human-trafficking statutes and creates a route for some trafficking victims to challenge prior convictions.
"Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery that involves either the use of force, fraud, or coercion to exploit a…
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