HLS 10RS-1440 ORIGINAL
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 531
BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON
CRIME: Amends the elements of the crime of human trafficking
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:46.2(A), relative to the crime of human trafficking; to amend2
the elements of the crime of human trafficking; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 14:46.2(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 5
ยง46.2. Human trafficking6
A. It shall be unlawful for a person to intentionally knowingly recruit,7
harbor, transport, provide, solicit, or obtain another person through fraud, force, or8
coercion to provide services or labor.9
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DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Abramson HB No. 531
Abstract: Amends the elements of the crime of human trafficking.
Present law provides for the crime of human trafficking and provides that it shall be
unlawful for a person to intentionally recruit, harbor, transport, provide, solicit, or obtain
another person through fraud, force, or coercion to provide services or labor.
Proposed law changes "intentionally" to "knowingly" and otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 14:46.2(A))