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UT House debate on HB 334 seeks first-degree felony classification for trafficking of vulnerable adults
Summary
Representative Romero told the House HB 334 would apply the legal framework used for child trafficking to vulnerable adults, eliminating the need to prove force, fraud or coercion for trafficking of a vulnerable adult for sexual exploitation; floor discussion opened but no final floor vote is recorded in the transcript.
Representative Angela Romero presented House Bill 334 on Feb. 26, saying the bill would align trafficking protections for vulnerable adults with the higher standard now applied to child victims.
"The rationale behind making human trafficking of a child the first degree felony seems to be that children have less capacity to understand or to consent to what they've been asked to do," Romero said on the floor,…
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