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Committee advances bill requiring age‑appropriate K–12 human‑trafficking awareness instruction
Summary
House Bill 15,27, as amended, would require local education agencies to adopt age-appropriate K–12 curriculum on combating human trafficking and awareness; amendment broadened the bill from child trafficking to trafficking generally; the bill moved to calendar and rules (12–1 reported).
The Education Committee adopted an amendment to House Bill 15,27 (drafting code 013172) that rewrote the bill to require age-appropriate K–12 instruction on human trafficking prevention and awareness, covering both child and adult trafficking.
Sponsor said the change broadens the scope to address trafficking generally from a grade-appropriate level "from K through 12." Members asked whether the change removed earlier language that made it child-specific; sponsor confirmed the broader scope. The committee called the question and the clerk reported 12 ayes, 1 nay.
Provenance: topicintro SEG 832, topfinish SEG 903.
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