Sponsors pitch Human Trafficking Prevention Act to Senate Judiciary Committee
Representatives Santucci and Josh Williams described House Bill 47 as strengthening penalties for human trafficking, lowering the culpable mental state for facilitators from "knowingly" to "recklessly," and expanding age‑based enhancements to protect minors and people with developmental disabilities.
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Representatives Santucci and Josh Williams presented sponsor testimony on House Bill 47, the Human Trafficking Prevention Act, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Representative Santucci told the committee the bill "will increase penalties for human trafficking, kidnapping, and abduction" and create enhanced penalties when those crimes are committed against minors and people with developmental disabilities.
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