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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 9
BY SENATORS MIZELL, ALARIO, APPEL, BARROW, CLAITOR, CORTEZ,
DONAHUE, ERDEY, GATTI, HEWITT, JOHNS, LAFLEUR,
LAMBERT, LONG, MARTINY, MILKOVICH, MILLS, MORRISH,
PEACOCK, PERRY, GARY SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON,
WALSWORTH AND WHITE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations
regarding the feasibility of revisions or additions to present laws regarding human
trafficking.
WHEREAS, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 27 of the 2013 Regular Session of
the Louisiana Legislature created and provided for the Joint Human Trafficking Study
Commission to study the conditions, needs, issues, and problems relative to human
trafficking in Louisiana and to recommend any action or legislation that the commission
deemed necessary or appropriate; and
WHEREAS, the Joint Human Trafficking Study Commission terminated on
January 10, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislature subsequently enacted several acts related to
human trafficking, including Act Nos. 554, 564, and 569 of the 2014 Regular Session, Act
Nos. 229, 327, and 509 of the 2015 Regular Session, and Act Nos. 269 and 298 of the 2016
Regular Session; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature could benefit from a comprehensive review of other
states' laws pertaining to human trafficking, specifically those with the goal of combating
and eliminating human trafficking and rehabilitating the victims thereof.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations
regarding the benefit of enacting additional laws pertaining to human trafficking, specifically
those with the goal of combating and eliminating human trafficking and rehabilitating the
victims thereof.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana State Law Institute shall submit
a written report of its findings, together with any recommendations in the form of proposed
legislation, to the Legislature of Louisiana no later than February 1, 2017.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Director of the Louisiana State Law Institute.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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