Bill Text: DE HCR3 | 2017-2018 | 149th General Assembly | Draft

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Bill Title: Recognizing The Month Of January 2017 As "human Trafficking Awareness Month" In Delaware.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 ABSENT [HCR3 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2017-HCR3-Draft.html

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SPONSOR:

Rep. Baumbach on behalf of all Representatives & Sen. Henry & Sen. Hocker on behalf of all Senators

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

149th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3

 

RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017 AS "HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH" IN DELAWARE.

 

 

 

WHEREAS, human trafficking takes many forms, including forced labor, debt bondage, forced commercial sexual exploitation and involuntary domestic servitude; and 

WHEREAS,  every year, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked in countries around the world, including the United States; and

WHEREAS, of that amount, 78% are forced into labor slavery and 22% are subjected to sexual slavery; and 

WHEREAS, it is estimated that 60,000 individuals live in slavery in the United States; and 

WHEREAS, victims of human trafficking are disproportionately women and girls; and 

WHEREAS, it is estimated that human trafficking generates many billions of dollars of profit per year, second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable form of transnational crime; and

WHEREAS, many strides have been made to bring awareness to the issue of human trafficking, and more needs to be done to combat the perpetrators of these crimes; and 

WHEREAS, public awareness is essential to educate people about the signs and consequences of human trafficking and bring an end to the injustice suffered by the victims of this crime;

NOW, THEREFORE: 

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 149th General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the Senate concurring therein, that the members of the Delaware General Assembly hereby recognize the month of January 2017 as "Human Trafficking Awareness Month" in order to bring awareness to the crime of human trafficking in this State.

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 2017 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Delaware.