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HB 475 Protective orders; human trafficking and sex trafficking, penalty.

Introduced by: Kathleen Murphy | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Protective orders; petition; human trafficking and sex trafficking; penalty. Adds to the definitions of "family abuse" and "act of violence, force, or threat" used in the protective order provisions that acts of violence, force, or threat include acts in furtherance of human trafficking or commercial sex trafficking. The bill also allows a minor to petition for a protective order on his own behalf without the consent of a parent or guardian and without doing so by next friend.


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