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Judiciary panel approves AG-backed package to strengthen human trafficking penalties and victim supports
Summary
The committee passed HB1459 and HB1470 on a bipartisan voice vote. The measures adjust culpable mental states in trafficking offenses, increase special fines and split savings between the Safe Harbor Fund and the Attorney General's Human Trafficking Victim Support Fund, and allow some funds to support local law-enforcement training and victim services.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation sponsored by Representative Charlene Fite and attorneys from the Attorney General’s office to strengthen Arkansas’s response to human trafficking.
HB1459 adjusts culpable mental states in trafficking-related offenses from 'knowing' to 'know or should have known,' increases an additional special fine (raising small misdemeanor-related penalty…
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