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OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 1117
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND EXPANDING THE COMPOSITION
OF THE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS COUNCIL.
SUMMARY
This bill expands protections for victims of human trafficking.
It prohibits hotel, motel, or similar lodging operators (“operators”)
from:
1. offering an hourly rate for any sleeping accommodation; and
2. providing use of any sleeping accommodation to anyone without
first establishing the person’s identity by requiring them to
present a form of identification the bill specifies. (Presumably,
this requirement applies to the person under whose name the
room is registered.)
Under the bill, the valid forms of identification that the operators
must use to confirm identity are the person’s passport, motor vehicle
operator’s license, or any other valid government-issued identification
that has the person’s photograph.
The bill also increases the Trafficking in Persons Council’s
membership from 35 to 36 by adding the Department of Developmental
Services commissioner, or the commissioner’s designee. By law, among
other things, the Trafficking in Persons Council coordinates human
trafficking data collection and consults with government and non-
government organizations in developing recommendations to
strengthen state and local efforts to prevent trafficking, protect and
assist victims, and prosecute traffickers.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2023, except the provision expanding 2023SB-01117-R000601-BA.DOCX
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the Trafficking in Persons Council is effective July 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Judiciary Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 37 Nay 0 (03/30/2023)