HB 29-41: Anti-Human Trafficking Act (DEBATING)

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Amendment:

SENATE BILL

A bill to reduce the harmful effects of human trafficking in our land.

Be it resolved in the CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ATLASIA

Anti-Human Trafficking Act

Section 1. Permissions

A regional department shall be authorized to provide emergency care and supervision to any child without seeking a court order for a period not to exceed seven days when:

A) As a result of an emergency or illness, the person who has physical and legal custody of a child is unable to provide for the care and supervision of such child, and such person or a law enforcement officer, emergency personnel employed by a licensed ambulance provider, fire rescue personnel, or a hospital administrator or his or her designee requests that DFCS exercise such emergency custody; and

B) A child is not at imminent risk of abuse or neglect, other than the risks arising from being without a caretaker

Section 2. Penalties

The crimes and offenses relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude are as follows:

A) A person commits the offense of trafficking an individual for sexual servitude when that person knowingly:

1) Involuntarily subjects an individual to or maintains an individual in sexual servitude without their consent;

2) Recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, solicits, patronizes, or obtains by any means an individual involuntarily for the purpose of sexual servitude; or

3) Solicits or patronizes by any means an individual to involuntarily perform sexually explicit conduct on behalf of such person when such individual is the subject of sexual servitude without their consent, or benefits financially or by receiving anything of value from the involuntary sexual servitude of another.

4) Any person who commits the offense of trafficking an individual for labor servitude or sexual servitude shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than 20 years and a fine not to exceed $100,000.00.

5) Any person who commits the offense of trafficking an individual for labor servitude or sexual servitude against an individual who is under 18 years of age and such individual under the age of 18 years was coerced or deceived into being trafficked for labor or if the offense is committed against an individual who has a developmental disability, the person shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 25 nor more than 50 years or life imprisonment and a fine not to exceed $100,000.00.

[Left Wing]

Hearing no objection, Jimmy's amendment is adopted.

[Joseph Cao]

Is there any other debate to be had?

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Motioning for final vote.

[Left Wing]

24 hours to object.

[Joseph Cao]

No objections.

[Sestak]

Was a little worried that this amendment permits for the kind of coercive tactics that human traffickers often use. In either case, the claim that BDSM would somehow be banned by this bill is ridiculous. The amendment pushed by lfromnj and Jimmy feels a lot less like a "allow BDSM amendment" and a lot more like an "allow Matt Gaetz amendment" to me.

[Left Wing]

Well, final vote is now open, I guess we may see presidential redraft invoked on this.

[Sestak]

Well, final vote is now open, I guess we may see presidential redraft invoked on this.

Nah, I'm still going to sign this.

[Joseph Cao]

Well, final vote is now open, I guess we may see presidential redraft invoked on this.

Oh good grief, this is embarrassing. I didn't catch this when it opened. Nobody else did by the looks of it, but this is embarrassing.

Can we reopen the final vote?

[Left Wing]

Well, final vote is now open, I guess we may see presidential redraft invoked on this.

Oh good grief, this is embarrassing. I didn't catch this when it opened. Nobody else did by the looks of it, but this is embarrassing.

Can we reopen the final vote?

Uh yeah, I guess haha.


Final vote is now open again. 72 hours to vote.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Aye

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Aye

[Continential]

Aye

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Aye

[lfromnj]

Aye

[Joseph Cao]

Aye.

[Joseph Cao]

OBD? Falterin?

[Left Wing]

This passes the house 6–0-0-3

Aye: razze, Blairite, Ishan, Jimmy, lfromnj, Cao
Nay:
Abstain
Didn’t Vote: Talleyrand, DeadPrez, Harvey