Bill Text: TX HCR64 | 2023-2024 | 88th 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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-12 - Left pending in committee [HCR64 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR64-Introduced.html
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| By: Hunter | H.C.R. No. 64 | |
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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 one | ||
| of the fastest-growing illegal enterprises, 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 88th 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 88th Texas Legislature may adopt; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the committee submit a full report, including | ||
| findings and recommendations, to the 89th Texas Legislature before | ||
| it convenes in January 2025. | ||
