Virginia House Bill 2131 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Department of Criminal Justice Services; two-year pilot program; safe harbor for sex trafficked youth. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in partnership with the State Crime Commission, shall administer a two-year Demand Reduction and Safe Harbor for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficked Youth pilot program that shall focus on (i) implementing proactive reverse sting operations that target buyers of sex services and (ii) establishing programs and protocols to aid victims of sex trafficking. The bill provides that the goal of the program shall be to reduce arrest of sex trafficking victims regardless of age, reduce demand for commercial sex exploitation by focusing on buyers, and establish high-quality residential care, education, alternative employment opportunities, and life skills for victims.

Sex trafficked youth; DCJS to administer two-year pilot program to provide safe harbor for youth.

Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]
Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Joseph McNamara [R]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Sen. Danica Roem [D]	Del. Don Scott [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2023-02-01 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Appropriations
2023-02-01	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2023-02-01	House	Committee substitute printed 23106053D-H1
2023-02-01	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2023-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102684D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2131
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2131+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2131H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106053D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2131F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2131FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0169+HB2131
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0103+HB2131