| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 112 2667 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Resolution 57 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Donatucci of the 105 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Silcox of the 53 |
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| 9 | 9 | | , Hilton |
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| 12 | 12 | | , Reeves of the 99 |
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| 14 | 14 | | , and others |
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| 15 | 15 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 16 | 16 | | Recognizing February 11, 2025, as Sex Trafficking Awareness Day at the state capitol; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | for other purposes.2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, sex trafficking is a form of modern day slavery wherein people profit from the3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | control and exploitation of others and is a horrific crime perpetrated against women and4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | children; and5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, in 2023, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received more6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | than 18,400 reports of possible child sex trafficking; and7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimates that 1 in 68 |
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| 25 | 25 | | of the more than 28,800 cases of children reported missing in 2023 were likely victims of9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | child sex trafficking; and10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, the latest numbers from the United States National Human Trafficking Hotline11 |
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| 28 | 28 | | indicate that 10,359 situations of human trafficking were reported in a year, involving 16,55412 |
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| 29 | 29 | | individual victims; and13 |
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| 30 | 30 | | H. R. 57 |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Georgia ranks second in number of calls to the National Human Trafficking |
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| 33 | 33 | | 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Hotline per capita, which shows that efforts to educate the public on signs of trafficking are15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | successful and should be ongoing; and16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, the average age of entry into commercial sexual exploitation for minors served17 |
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| 37 | 37 | | by Street Grace in Georgia is 14 years old; and18 |
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| 38 | 38 | | WHEREAS, Street Grace has served minor sex trafficking victims from 80 counties in19 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Georgia; and20 |
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| 40 | 40 | | WHEREAS, Street Grace has provided services to more than 5,600 exploited individuals;21 |
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| 41 | 41 | | and22 |
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| 42 | 42 | | WHEREAS, grassroots activists will gather at the state capitol on February 11, 2025, to raise23 |
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| 43 | 43 | | awareness about the need to end sex trafficking in Georgia; and24 |
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| 44 | 44 | | WHEREAS, Street Grace has worked to organize and empower tens of thousands of25 |
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| 45 | 45 | | grassroots activists across the State of Georgia to end sex trafficking.26 |
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| 46 | 46 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that27 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the members of this body recognize February 11, 2025, as Sex Trafficking Awareness Day28 |
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| 48 | 48 | | at the state capitol.29 |
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| 49 | 49 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized30 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Street31 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Grace.32 |
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| 52 | 52 | | H. R. 57 |
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