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Governor Abbott signs bills toughening penalties for human trafficking, bars parole for traffickers of children and people with disabilities
Summary
Governor Greg Abbott announced he would sign Senate Bill 1212 and House Bill 2306, raising trafficking offenses to first-degree felonies and barring parole for traffickers of children and people with disabilities; sponsors, survivors and the First Lady attended the ceremony.
Governor Greg Abbott signed into law two measures aimed at strengthening penalties for human trafficking and increasing protections for survivors, the governor said at a public event where survivors and legislative sponsors were present.
The package includes Senate Bill 1212, which the governor said elevates all human-trafficking offenses to first-degree felonies, and House Bill 2306, which the governor and sponsors said prevents parole for traffickers of children and people with disabilities. The measures, Abbott said, are intended to reduce survivor trauma from repeated parole hearings and ensure the most serious offenders serve full sentences.
"This is an issue involving human trafficking that Texas has zero tolerance for," Governor Greg Abbott said, thanking survivors and advocates who testified and helped shape the bills. Abbott credited the First Lady, Cecilia…
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