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Committee advances trafficking bills; legal experts warn grooming language may be overbroad
Summary
Lawmakers advanced a three‑bill package addressing trafficking, grooming, and bail conditions. Criminal‑defense lawyers said the grooming language risks criminalizing ordinary youthful conduct and contains drafting inconsistencies; sponsors agreed to pull one bill for amendment.
The Senate Judiciary Committee considered a three‑bill package addressing human‑trafficking‑related offenses and conditions of pretrial release.
Representative Lundstrom presented H.B. 17‑39 (expanding no‑contact orders to include terroristic threatening and false imprisonment tied to trafficking), H.B. 17‑40 (new grooming provisions tied to intent to traffic), and H.B. 17‑41 (allowing judges to impose certain bail conditions in trafficking cases, including ankle monitors, internet restrictions, and requiring up to 50% cash collateral where warranted).
Several prosecut…
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