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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1117
January Session, 2023
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND EXPANDING THE COMPOSITION
OF THE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS COUNCIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) No operator of a hotel, 1
motel or similar lodging may offer an hourly rate for any sleeping 2
accommodation maintained by such hotel, motel or similar lodging. 3
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) No operator of a hotel, motel 4
or similar lodging shall provide use of any sleeping accommodation 5
maintained by such hotel, motel or similar lodging to any person 6
without first establishing the person's identity by requiring such 7
person to present the person's motor vehicle operator's license, or any 8
other valid form of identification issued by the federal government or 9
a state or municipal government or an official passport, provided such 10
form of identification includes a photograph. 11
Sec. 3. Subsection (b) of section 46a-170 of the general statutes is 12
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 13
1, 2023): 14
(b) The council shall consist of the following members: (1) The Chief 15
State's Attorney, or a designee; (2) the Chief Public Defender, or a 16
designee; (3) the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 17 Substitute Bill No. 1117
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Protection, or the commissioner's designee; (4) the Labor 18
Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; (5) the Commissioner 19
of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee; (6) the 20
Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee; (7) the 21
Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or the 22
commissioner's designee; (8) the Commissioner of Children and 23
Families, or the commissioner's designee; (9) the Commissioner of 24
Consumer Protection, or the commissioner's designee; (10) the 25
Commissioner of Developmental Services, or the commissioner's 26
designee; (11) the director of the Basic Training Division of the Police 27
Officer Standards and Training Council, or the director's designee; 28
[(11)] (12) the Child Advocate, or the Child Advocate's designee; [(12)] 29
(13) the Victim Advocate, or the Victim Advocate's designee; [(13)] (14) 30
a chairperson of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity 31
and Opportunity, or the chairperson's designee; [(14)] (15) one 32
representative of the Office of Victim Services of the Judicial Branch 33
appointed by the Chief Court Administrator; [(15)] (16) a municipal 34
police chief appointed by the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, or 35
a designee; [(16)] (17) the Commissioner of Education, or the 36
commissioner's designee; [(17)] (18) an adult victim of trafficking, 37
appointed by the Governor; [(18)] (19) a judge of the Superior Court, 38
appointed by the Chief Court Administrator; [(19)] (20) a state's 39
attorney appointed by the Chief State's Attorney; [(20)] (21) a public 40
defender appointed by the Chief Public Defender; and [(21)] (22) 41
fifteen public members appointed as follows: The Governor shall 42
appoint three members, one of whom shall represent victims of 43
commercial exploitation of children, one of whom shall represent sex 44
trafficking victims who are children and one of whom shall represent a 45
coalition of children's advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams 46
that are dedicated to serving child abuse victims and their families, the 47
president pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint two members, one of 48
whom shall represent the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence 49
and one of whom shall represent an organization that provides civil 50
legal services to low-income individuals, the speaker of the House of 51
Representatives shall appoint two members, one of whom shall 52 Substitute Bill No. 1117
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represent the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence and 53
one of whom shall represent the Connecticut Lodging Association, the 54
majority leader of the Senate shall appoint two members, one of whom 55
shall represent an organization that deals with behavioral health needs 56
of women and children and one of whom shall represent the 57
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, the majority leader of the 58
House of Representatives shall appoint two members, one of whom 59
shall represent an organization that advocates on social justice and 60
human rights issues and one of whom shall represent the Connecticut 61
Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the minority leader of the 62
Senate shall appoint two members, one of whom shall represent the 63
Connecticut Immigrant and Refugee Coalition and one of whom shall 64
represent massage therapists, and the minority leader of the House of 65
Representatives shall appoint two members, one of whom shall 66
represent the Motor Transport Association of Connecticut, Inc. and one 67
of whom shall represent an organization that works with adult victims 68
of trafficking. 69
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2023 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2023 New section
Sec. 3 July 1, 2023 46a-170(b)
JUD Joint Favorable Subst.