Bill Text: TX HCR64 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Concurrent Resolution 64

Introduced

Bill Title: Requesting the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House to create a joint interim committee to study human trafficking in Texas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-12 - Left pending in committee [HCR64 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HCR64-Introduced.html

	88R12802 AMB-D

	By: Hunter	H.C.R. No. 64



	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Human trafficking is a serious and escalating
	problem in the United States, particularly in Texas; and
	WHEREAS, A multibillion-dollar business, human trafficking
	is second only to drug dealing in criminal profitability and is one
	of the fastest-growing illegal enterprises, according to the
	Polaris Project, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that
	maintains the National Human Trafficking Hotline; thousands of
	foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States each year,
	and it is estimated that the number of U.S. citizens trafficked
	within our own borders is even higher; and
	WHEREAS, Texas is a major point of illegal entry into the
	United States; its large geographic size along with its
	demographics make the Lone Star State appealing to traffickers, who
	endeavor to blend into the population while exploiting their
	victims in forced labor and prostitution; and
	WHEREAS, Although Texas has been recognized as a leader in
	the effort to end the scourge of human trafficking, eradication of
	this modern-day form of slavery is a difficult challenge, and every
	means of combating it should be explored; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
	hereby request the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House
	of Representatives to create a joint interim committee to study the
	problem of human trafficking in Texas; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the committee's proceedings and operations be
	governed by such general rules and policies for interim committees
	as the 88th Texas Legislature may adopt; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the committee submit a full report, including
	findings and recommendations, to the 89th Texas Legislature before
	it convenes in January 2025.