Bill Text: CT HB06632 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6632 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Trafficking In Persons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-24 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB06632 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06632-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6632*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 2644
		02644
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 53a-192a of the general statutes be amended to provide that trafficking in persons includes recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, obtaining, patronizing or soliciting of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act and increasing penalties to recognize the severity of the crime.

Statement of Purpose:

To align the Connecticut definition of trafficking in persons with federal definitions of trafficking.