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2024 SESSION

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HB 633 Forced labor or service; civil action for trafficking, penalties.

Introduced by: Mike A. Cherry | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Forced labor or service; penalties. Expands the offense of abduction to penalize any person who, by force, intimidation or deception, and without legal justification or excuse, obtains the labor or services of another, or seizes, takes, transports, detains or secretes another person or threatens to do so. The bill also expands the offense of receiving money for procuring a person to penalize any person who causes another to engage in forced labor or services or provides or obtains labor or services by any act as described in the offense of abduction. Lastly, the bill allows any person injured as a result of an abduction for the purposes of forced labor or services to commence a civil action for recovery of compensatory damages, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney fees and costs.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104599D  pdf | impact statements
• 02/07/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106914D-H1  pdf | impact statements
• 02/26/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108264D-S1  pdf | impact statements
• 03/07/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB633ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/03/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104599D
• 01/09/24  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/31/24  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 02/02/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/24  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106914D-H1
• 02/09/24  House: Read first time
• 02/12/24  House: Read second time
• 02/12/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106914D-H1
• 02/12/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB633H1
• 02/13/24  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/14/24  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/26/24  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108264D-S1
• 02/26/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/28/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/29/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/01/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/01/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108264D-S1
• 03/01/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB633S1
• 03/01/24  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108264D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/07/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB633ER)
• 03/07/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/08/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/03/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 368 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/03/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368)