Connecticut House Bill 5621 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Passed on June 1 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-06-01 - Signed by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

To revise the duties and composition of the trafficking in persons council; require state's attorneys and municipal chiefs of police to provide data and information concerning human trafficking prosecutions and investigations to the General Assembly; require that the Commissioner of Children and Families and the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection develop a training program to raise awareness of incidents of human trafficking, institute reforms that are designed to prevent human trafficking at hotels, motels and similar lodgings; raise the age for a person to be convicted as a prostitute; eliminate the requirement that a person knew the victim was under eighteen years of age or was a victim of coercion or human trafficking in order to be convicted of a class C felony for patronizing a prostitute; create mandatory fines for patronizing a prostitute and require such fines be used to fund investigations of prostitution and human trafficking; raise the age of a minor for purposes of enticing a minor to engage in prostitution; expand requirement for display of notice concerning services available to victims of human trafficking; and amend forfeiture requirements related to prostitution.

An Act Concerning Human Trafficking.

House Judiciary Committee

2016-05-03 - Senate - Senate Roll Call Vote 320 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-05-03 - Senate - Senate Roll Call Vote 324 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-04-27 - House - House Roll Call Vote 156 AS AMENDED (Y: 145 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-01	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2016-05-18	Senate	Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
2016-05-18	Senate	Transmitted to the Secretary of State
2016-05-13	Senate	Public Act 16-71
2016-05-03	Senate	On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
2016-05-03	Senate	Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
2016-05-03	Senate	Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A
2016-04-28	Senate	File Number 757
2016-04-28	Senate	Senate Calendar Number 534
2016-04-28	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2016-04-27	Senate	Immediate Transmittal to the Senate
2016-04-27	House	House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
2016-04-27	House	House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 5225
2016-04-04	House	File Number 425
2016-04-04	House	House Calendar Number 290
2016-04-04	House	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2016-04-04	House	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2016-03-28	House	Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/04/16 10:00 AM
2016-03-17	House	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2016-03-16	House	Joint Favorable Substitute
2016-03-10	House	Public Hearing 03/14
2016-03-09	House	Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB05621&which_year=2016
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2016/TOB/h/2016HB-05621-R00-HB.htm
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2016/TOB/h/2016HB-05621-R01-HB.htm
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2016/ACT/pa/2016PA-00071-R00HB-05621-PA.htm
Roll Call	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2016/VOTE/h/2016HV-00156-R00HB05621-HV.htm
Roll Call	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2016/VOTE/s/2016SV-00324-R00HB05621-SV.htm
Roll Call	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2016/VOTE/s/2016SV-00320-R00HB05621-SV.htm