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2021 SESSION
HB 2234 Victims of sex 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 sex 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 sex 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 provides that a victim of sex 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
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101740D pdf | impact statement
- 01/27/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103605D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101740D
- 01/13/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/21/21 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/22/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103605D-H1
- 01/27/21 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Read first time
- 01/29/21 House: Read second time
- 01/29/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103605D-H1
- 01/29/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2234H1
- 02/01/21 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)