Bill Text: TX HCR57 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | 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) 2021-04-13 - Left pending in committee [HCR57 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR57-Introduced.html
87R12337 KSM-D | ||
By: Hunter | H.C.R. No. 57 |
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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 the | ||
fastest-growing illegal enterprise, 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 87th 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 87th Texas Legislature may adopt; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the committee submit a full report, including | ||
findings and recommendations, to the 88th Texas Legislature before | ||
it convenes in January 2023. |