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2020 SESSION
HB 1614 Victims of human trafficking; affirmative defense to prosecution for certain offenses.
Introduced by: Emily M. Brewer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Victims of human trafficking; affirmative defense to prosecution for certain offenses. Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution for prostitution and keeping, residing in, or frequenting a bawdy place if, at the time of the offense leading to such charge, such person was a victim of human trafficking, as defined in the bill, and (i) was coerced to engage in the offense through the use of force or intimidation of another, (ii) such offense was committed as part of a commercial sex trafficking scheme, or (iii) such offense was committed at the direction of an operator of a commercial sex trafficking scheme. The bill also states that a victim of human trafficking may raise such affirmative defense regardless of whether any other person has been arrested for, prosecuted for, charged with, or convicted of an offense.
FULL TEXT
- 01/16/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20104514D pdf
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107515D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/16/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20104514D
- 01/16/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/28/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/03/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107515D-H1
- 02/09/20 House: Read first time
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107515D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1614H1
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/19/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/21/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/25/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/26/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/20 Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
- 02/26/20 Senate: Recommitted to Judiciary
- 03/03/20 Senate: Left in Judiciary