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SB 710 Human trafficking; new felonies created, penalties.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Trafficking in persons; penalties. Creates new felonies for trafficking in persons for forced labor or sexual servitude and adds the new felonies as a predicate criminal act under the criminal gang statute, as racketeering crimes, adds their investigation to the functions of a multijurisdiction grand jury, and also allows seizure and forfeiture of property used in committing such felonies. The new felonies and the existing felony of receiving money for procuring a person are added to the rape shield statute. The bill allows a petition for a child in need of services to be substituted for a delinquency petition for certain minors arrested for prostitution, disallows the release of certain victim information, specifies law-enforcement protocol for victims who may not be legally present, requires persons convicted of the new felonies to pay restitution that compensates for the victim's labor, and creates a civil action for trafficked persons. The Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security is required to convene an anti-trafficking committee and the Virginia Prevention of Human Trafficking Victim Fund is created, which will be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. This bill was incorporated into SB 1188.
FULL TEXT
- 12/02/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100898D pdf | impact statements
- 01/28/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104515D-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 12/02/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100898D
- 12/02/14 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/28/15 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104515D-S1
- 01/28/15 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/03/15 Senate: Incorporated by Finance (SB1188-Obenshain) (13-Y 0-N)