Bill Text: HI SB265 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Sex Trafficking

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2015-07-14 - Vetoed on 07/13/2015 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1331). [SB265 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2015-SB265-Amended.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	265
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 28-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  The attorney general shall establish a statewide witness program through which the attorney general may fund or provide for the security and protection of a government witness or a potential government witness in an official proceeding or investigation where the attorney general determines that an offense such as those described in section 710-1071 (intimidating a witness), 710-1072 (tampering with a witness), or 710-1072.2 (retaliating against a witness) is likely to be committed or which involves great public interest.  The attorney general may also fund or provide for the security and protection of the immediate family of, or a person otherwise closely associated with, [such] the witness or potential witness if the family or person may also be endangered.  In determining whether the funds or security and protection are to be provided, the attorney general shall give greatest priority to official proceedings or investigations involving pending or potential organized crime, racketeering activity, promoting prostitution, sex trafficking, or career criminal prosecutions."

     SECTION 2.  Section 351-32, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§351-32  Violent crimes.  The crimes to which part III of this chapter applies are the following and no other:

     (1)  Murder in the first degree (section 707-701);

     (2)  Murder in the second degree (section 707-701.5);

     (3)  Manslaughter (section 707-702);

     (4)  Negligent homicide in the first degree (section 707‑702.5);

     (5)  Negligent homicide in the second degree (section 707‑703);

     (6)  Negligent injury in the first degree (section 707‑705);

     (7)  Negligent injury in the second degree (section 707‑706);

     (8)  Assault in the first degree (section 707-710);

     (9)  Assault in the second degree (section 707-711);

    (10)  Assault in the third degree (section 707-712);

    (11)  Kidnapping (section 707-720);

    (12)  Sexual assault in the first degree (section 707-730);

    (13)  Sexual assault in the second degree (section 707-731);

    (14)  Sexual assault in the third degree (section 707-732);

    (15)  Sexual assault in the fourth degree (section 707-733);

    (16)  Abuse of family [[]or[]] household member (section 709-906); [and]

    (17)  Terrorism, as defined in title 18 United States Code section 2331[.]; and

    (18)  Sex trafficking (section 712-1202)."

     SECTION 3.  Section 663J-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§663J-1[]]  Title.  This [[]chapter[]] may be cited as the Sex Trafficking and Prostitution Coercion Liability Act."

     SECTION 4.  Section 663J-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§663J-2[]]  Definitions.  As used in this chapter:

     "Coerce" means to use or threaten to use any form of domination, restraint, or control for the purpose of causing an individual to engage in or remain in prostitution or to relinquish earnings derived from prostitution.  Coercion exists if the totality of the circumstances establish the existence of domination, restraint, or control that would have the reasonably foreseeable effect of causing an individual to engage in or remain in prostitution or to relinquish earnings derived from prostitution.

     "Promoting prostitution" means promoting prostitution [in the first or second degree,] as provided in [sections 712-1202 and] section 712-1203[, respectively].

     "Prostitution" has the same meaning as provided in section 712-1200.

     "Sex trafficking" means sex trafficking as provided in section 712-1202."

     SECTION 5.  Section 663J-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§663J-3[]]  Cause of action for coercion into prostitution[.]; sex trafficking.  An individual has a cause of action against a person who:

     (1)  Coerced the individual into prostitution[;] or subjected the individual to sex trafficking;

     (2)  Coerced the individual to remain in prostitution[;] or continue to be subject to sex trafficking;

     (3)  Used coercion to collect or receive any of the individual's earnings derived from prostitution[;] or sex trafficking; or

     (4)  Hired, or attempted to hire the individual to engage in prostitution, when a reasonable person would believe that the individual was coerced into prostitution by another person[.] or was being subjected to sex trafficking.

     Paragraph (3) shall not apply to minor children who are dependent on the individual and who may have benefited from or been supported by the individual's earnings derived from prostitution[.] or sex trafficking."

     SECTION 6.  Section 663J-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§663J-5[]]  Damages.  A person entitled to bring an action under section 663J-3 may recover all of the following damages:

     (1)  Economic damages proximately caused by coercion into prostitution[;] or being subjected to sex trafficking;

     (2)  Noneconomic damages proximately caused by coercion into prostitution[;] or being subjected to sex trafficking;

     (3)  Exemplary damages;

     (4)  Reasonable attorney's fees; and

     (5)  Costs of suit, including reasonable expenses for expert testimony."

     SECTION 7.  Section 663J-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  In the discretion of the court, two or more persons may join in one action under this chapter as plaintiffs if their respective actions involve an individual who engages in promoting prostitution by coercion[.] or sex trafficking."

     SECTION 8.  Section 663J-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  A claim under this chapter may not be brought against a person more than six years after an act of promoting prostitution by coercion or sex trafficking by that person."

     SECTION 9.  Section 663J-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§663J-8[]]  Stay of action.  On motion by a governmental agency involved in an investigation or prosecution for promoting prostitution[,] or sex trafficking, an action brought under this chapter shall be stayed until the completion of the criminal investigation or prosecution that gave rise to the motion for a stay of the action."

     SECTION 10.  Section 663J-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§663J-9[]]  Other remedies preserved.  The remedies provided under this chapter do not restrict the right of any person to bring an action under other law, including common law, to recover damages arising out of the use of the individual in prostitution or sex trafficking or the coercion incident to the individual being used in prostitution[;] or sex trafficking; nor does this chapter limit or restrict the liability of any person under other law."

     SECTION 11.  Chapter 712, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the title of part I to read as follows:

     "PART I.  PROSTITUTION [AND], PROMOTING PROSTITUTION, AND SEX TRAFFICKING"

     SECTION 12.  Section 712-1200, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (3) to read as follows:

     "(3)  Prostitution is a petty misdemeanor[.]; provided that it is a violation if the person who engaged in, or agreed or offered to engage in, sexual conduct with another person for a fee was less than eighteen years of age at the time of the offense."

     SECTION 13.  Section 712-1202, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§712-1202  [Promoting prostitution in the first degree.] Sex trafficking.  (1)  A person commits the offense of [promoting prostitution in the first degree] sex trafficking if the person knowingly:

     (a)  Advances prostitution by compelling or inducing a person by force, threat, fraud, or intimidation to engage in prostitution, or profits from [such conduct by] prostitution of another[; or] by any of the following means:

         (i)  Any of the acts constituting extortion as described in section 707-764 except that for purposes of this paragraph, "labor" or "services", as used in section 707-764, shall be limited to "sexual conduct" as defined under this section;

        (ii)  Any of the acts constituting kidnapping as described in section 707-720(1)(a) through (e);

       (iii)  Any of the acts described in section 707-721(1) relating to unlawful imprisonment in the first degree or 707-722(1) relating to unlawful imprisonment in the second degree;

        (iv)  Any of the acts described in section 707-730 relating to sexual assault in the first degree, section 707-731 relating to sexual assault in the second degree, or section 707-732 relating to sexual assault in the third degree;

         (v)  Acts of force, deadly force, or unlawful force as defined in section 703-300;

        (vi)  Any of the acts described in the definition of "deception" under section 708-800;

       (vii)  Acts of fraud in making material false statements, misstatements, or omissions to induce or maintain the person to engage or continue to engage in sexual conduct;

      (viii)  Any act that requires sexual conduct to retire, repay, or service a real or purported debt;

        (ix)  Any of the acts described in section 707-710 relating to assault in the first degree, section 707-711 relating to assault in the second degree, and section 707-712 relating to assault in the third degree;

         (x)  Any act that uses any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause another person to believe that if that person did not engage in sexual conduct, then a friend or member of that person's family would suffer serious harm, serious financial loss, or physical restraint; or

        (xi)  Any act that uses or threatens to use any form of domination, restraint, or control over the other person, which given the totality of the circumstances, would have the foreseeable effect of causing another person to engage in or remain engaged in sexual conduct; or

     (b)  Advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than eighteen years old.

     (2)  [Promoting prostitution in the first degree] Sex trafficking is a class A felony.

     (3)  As used in this section:

     "Fraud" means making material false statements, misstatements, or omissions.

     "Sexual conduct" has the same meaning as used in section 712-1200.

     "Threat" means any of the actions listed in section 707-764(1)."

     SECTION 14.  Section 712-1203, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§712-1203  Promoting prostitution [in the second degree].  (1)  A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution [in the second degree] if the person knowingly advances or profits from prostitution[.] of a person eighteen years of age or older.

     (2)  Promoting prostitution [in the second degree] is a class B felony."

     SECTION 15.  Section 712-1209.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

     1.  By amending subsection (1) to read:

     "(1)  A person convicted of committing the offense of prostitution under section 712-1200, loitering for the purpose of engaging in or advancing prostitution under section 712-1206, street solicitation of prostitution in designated areas under section 712-1207, or convicted of a lesser offense when originally charged with a violation of section 712-1200, 712-1206, or 712-1207, may file a motion to vacate the conviction if the defendant's participation in the offense was the result of the person having been a victim of:

     (a)  [Promoting prostitution in the first degree] Sex trafficking under section 712-1202; or

     (b)  A severe form of trafficking as defined in title 22 United States Code section 7102(13)."

     2.  By amending subsections (6) and (7) to read:

     "(6)  This section shall not apply to a motion to vacate a conviction under this chapter for:

     (a)  Sex trafficking under section 712-1202;

     [(a)](b)  Promoting prostitution under section [712-1202 or] 712-1203; or

     [(b)](c)  A person who pays, agrees to pay or offers a fee to another person to engage in sexual conduct.

     (7)  For the purposes of this section:

     "Victim [of trafficking" and "victim] of a severe form of trafficking" shall have the same meaning as in title 22 United States Code section 7102.

     "Victim of trafficking" shall mean a victim of trafficking as defined in title 22 United States Code section 7102 or a victim of sex trafficking under section 712-1202, as applicable."

     SECTION 16.  Section 712A-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§712A-4  Covered offenses.  Offenses for which property is subject to forfeiture under this chapter are:

     (a)  All offenses that specifically authorize forfeiture;

     (b)  Murder, kidnapping, labor trafficking, gambling, criminal property damage, robbery, bribery, extortion, theft, unauthorized entry into motor vehicle, burglary, money laundering, trademark counterfeiting, insurance fraud, promoting a dangerous, harmful, or detrimental drug, commercial promotion of marijuana, methamphetamine trafficking, manufacturing of a controlled substance with a child present, promoting child abuse, promoting prostitution, sex trafficking, solicitation of a minor for prostitution, habitual solicitation of prostitution, or electronic enticement of a child that is chargeable as a felony offense under state law;

     (c)  The manufacture, sale, or distribution of a controlled substance in violation of chapter 329, promoting detrimental drugs or intoxicating compounds, promoting pornography, promoting pornography for minors, or solicitation of prostitution near schools or public parks, which is chargeable as a felony or misdemeanor offense, but not as a petty misdemeanor, under state law; and

     (d)  The attempt, conspiracy, solicitation, coercion, or intimidation of another to commit any offense for which property is subject to forfeiture."

     SECTION 17.  Section 803-44, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§803-44  Application for court order to intercept wire, oral, or electronic communications.  The attorney general of this State, or a designated deputy attorney general in the attorney general's absence or incapacity, or the prosecuting attorney of each county, or a designated deputy prosecuting attorney in the prosecuting attorney's absence or incapacity, may make application to a designated judge or any other circuit court judge or district court judge, if a circuit court judge has not been designated by the chief justice of the Hawaii supreme court, or is otherwise unavailable, in the county where the interception is to take place, for an order authorizing or approving the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, and such court may grant in conformity with section 803-46 an order authorizing or approving the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications by investigative or law enforcement officers having responsibility for the investigation of the offense as to which the application is made, if the interception might provide or has provided evidence of:

     (1)  Murder;

     (2)  Kidnapping;

     (3)  Labor trafficking in the first degree;

     (4)  Labor trafficking in the second degree;

     (5)  Felony criminal property damage involving the danger of bodily injury as defined in section 707-700;

     (6)  Distribution of dangerous, harmful, or detrimental drugs;

     (7)  Conspiracy to commit one or more of the above; or

     (8)  Involvement of organized crime and any of the following felony offenses:

          (A)  Extortion;

          (B)  Bribery of a juror, witness, or police officer;

          (C)  Receiving stolen property;

          (D)  Gambling; [and]

          (E)  Money laundering[.]; and

          (F)  Sex trafficking."

     SECTION 18.  Section 846E-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  Tier 2 offenses.  A covered offender who has maintained a clean record for the previous twenty-five years, excluding any time the offender was in custody or civilly committed, and who has substantially complied with the registration requirements of this chapter for the previous twenty-five years, or for the portion of that twenty-five years that this chapter has been applicable, and who is not a repeat covered offender may petition the court, in a civil proceeding, for termination of registration requirements; provided that the covered offender's most serious covered offense is one of the following:

     (1)  Any offense set forth in section 707-730(1)(c), 707‑731(1)(c), 707-732(1)(c), 707-750, 707-751, [712‑1202(1)(b),] 712-1202, or 712-1203(1)(b), as section 712‑1203(1)(b) read prior to its amendment pursuant to section 9 of Act 147, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008;

     (2)  An offense set forth in section 707-720; provided that the charging document for the offense for which there has been a conviction alleged intent to subject the victim to a sexual offense;

     (3)  An offense set forth in section 707-756 that includes an intent to promote or facilitate the commission of another felony covered offense as defined in section 846E-1;

     (4)  An offense that is an attempt, criminal solicitation, or criminal conspiracy to commit any of the offenses in paragraph (1), (2), or (3);

     (5)  Any criminal offense that is comparable to one of the offenses in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or

     (6)  Any federal, military, out-of-state, tribal, or foreign offense that is comparable to one of the offenses in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4)."

     SECTION 19.  Section 853-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  This chapter shall not apply when:

     (1)  The offense charged involves the intentional, knowing, reckless, or negligent killing of another person;

     (2)  The offense charged is:

         (A)  A felony that involves the intentional, knowing, or reckless bodily injury, substantial bodily injury, or serious bodily injury of another person; or

         (B)  A misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor that carries a mandatory minimum sentence and that involves the intentional, knowing, or reckless bodily injury, substantial bodily injury, or serious bodily injury of another person;

     (3)  The offense charged involves a conspiracy or solicitation to intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly kill another person or to cause serious bodily injury to another person;

     (4)  The offense charged is a class A felony;

     (5)  The offense charged is nonprobationable;

     (6)  The defendant has been convicted of any offense defined as a felony by the Hawaii Penal Code or has been convicted for any conduct that if perpetrated in this State would be punishable as a felony;

     (7)  The defendant is found to be a law violator or delinquent child for the commission of any offense defined as a felony by the Hawaii Penal Code or for any conduct that if perpetrated in this State would constitute a felony;

     (8)  The defendant has a prior conviction for a felony committed in any state, federal, or foreign jurisdiction;

     (9)  A firearm was used in the commission of the offense charged;

    (10)  The defendant is charged with the distribution of a dangerous, harmful, or detrimental drug to a minor;

    (11)  The defendant has been charged with a felony offense and has been previously granted deferred acceptance of guilty plea status for a prior offense, regardless of whether the period of deferral has already expired;

    (12)  The defendant has been charged with a misdemeanor offense and has been previously granted deferred acceptance of guilty plea status for a prior felony, misdemeanor, or petty misdemeanor for which the period of deferral has not yet expired;

    (13)  The offense charged is:

         (A)  Escape in the first degree;

         (B)  Escape in the second degree;

         (C)  Promoting prison contraband in the first degree;

         (D)  Promoting prison contraband in the second degree;

         (E)  Bail jumping in the first degree;

         (F)  Bail jumping in the second degree;

         (G)  Bribery;

         (H)  Bribery of or by a witness;

         (I)  Intimidating a witness;

         (J)  Bribery of or by a juror;

         (K)  Intimidating a juror;

         (L)  Jury tampering;

         (M)  Promoting prostitution [in the second degree];

         (N)  Abuse of family or household member;

         (O)  Sexual assault in the second degree;

         (P)  Sexual assault in the third degree;

         (Q)  A violation of an order issued pursuant to chapter 586;

         (R)  Promoting child abuse in the second degree;

         (S)  Promoting child abuse in the third degree;

         (T)  Electronic enticement of a child in the first degree;

         (U)  Electronic enticement of a child in the second degree;

         (V)  Prostitution pursuant to section 712-1200(1)(b);

         (W)  Street solicitation of prostitution under section 712-1207(1)(b);

         (X)  Solicitation of prostitution near schools or public parks under section 712-1209;

         (Y)  Habitual solicitation of prostitution under section 712-1209.5; [or]

         (Z)  Solicitation of a minor for prostitution under section 712-1209.1; or

        (AA)  Sex trafficking under section 712-1202;

    (14)  The defendant has been charged with:

         (A)  Knowingly or intentionally falsifying any report required under chapter 11, part XIII with the intent to circumvent the law or deceive the campaign spending commission; or

         (B)  Violating section 11-352 or 11-353; or

    (15)  The defendant holds a commercial driver's license and has been charged with violating a traffic control law, other than a parking law, in connection with the operation of any type of motor vehicle."

     SECTION 20.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

     SECTION 21.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 22.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

 

Report Title:

Sex Trafficking

 

Description:

Replaces the term "promoting prostitution in the first degree" with the term "sex trafficking," a class A felony.  Includes the offense of sex trafficking in the department of the attorney general's statewide witness program.  Includes the offense of sex trafficking in the list of violent crimes for which victims may be eligible for criminal injury compensation.  Amends portions of certain sections, subsections, and a definition in chapter 663J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to civil liability in specific cases of coercion into prostitution.  Establishes a violation if the person who engaged in, or agreed or offered to engage in, sexual conduct with another person for a fee was less than eighteen years of age at the time of the offense of prostitution.  Amends the offense of promoting prostitution in the second degree and the law relating to the motion to vacate a conviction of certain prostitution offenses.  Includes the offense of sex trafficking in the list of covered offenses for which property is subject to forfeiture.  Adds the offense of sex trafficking to the list of crimes for which an order to intercept wire, oral, or electronic communications is permitted.  Amends the law relating to tier 2 offenses for the registration of sex offenders.  Includes the offense of sex trafficking in the list of offenses to which deferred acceptance of guilty plea or nolo contendere plea does not apply.  (CD1)

 

 

 

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