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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 1892 By: Boatman
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to human trafficking and child
exploitation; creating the Advisory Task Force on
Prevention of Human Trafficking and Child
Exploitation; providing for membership and
appointments; stating duty to study human
trafficking, prostitution and child exploitation in
Oklahoma; providing for recommendation s and report;
stating member appointment and initial meeting dates;
setting term for task force; providing travel
reimbursements; providing for noncodification;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF T HE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created an Advisory Task Force on Prevention
of Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation . There shall be twelve
(12) members on the Advisory Task Force as follows:
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1. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation,
or a designee;
2. The Attorney General, or a designee;
3. The Chair of the District Attorneys Council, or a desig nee;
4. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and
Dangerous Drugs Control, or a designee;
5. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services,
or a designee;
6. The Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, or
a designee;
7. The Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Services, or a designee;
8. The Commissioner of the State Department of Health, or a
designee;
9. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs
of Police, or a designee;
10. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Sheriffs'
Association, or a designee;
11. The President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, or
a designee; and
12. The Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, or a
designee.
B. The Advisory Task Force shall have the duty to study human
trafficking, prostitution and child exploitation in Oklahoma. The
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Advisory Task Force shall make recommendations to the Legislature on
methods and laws to enhance and fund the efforts of l aw enforcement
or community groups that are working to slow and stop prostitution,
human trafficking or child exploitation; methods to assist in
identifying and interrupting websites that promote pornography and
sexually explicit materials; and methods tha t develop and support
community groups working with victims to interrupt cycles of abuse
or prevent human trafficking, prostitution, sexual abuse or other
factors influential in perpetuating human trafficking, prostitution
or child exploitation.
C. The Advisory Task Force shall have members appointed by
August 1, 2021. The Advisory Task Force shall begin meeting and
continue studying until January 1, 2022. A report of the findings
and recommendations shall be presented to the President Pro Tempore
of the Oklahoma State Senate, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives and the Governor on or before February 1, 2022.
Upon delivery of the report, the Advisory Task Force shall
terminate.
D. Members of the Legislature shall receive travel
reimbursements from their respective appointing authority.
E. Staff of the Oklahoma State Senate and Oklahoma House of
Representatives shall jointly assist in staffing the Advisory Task
Force.
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F. A Senate member shall call the initial meeting by September
1, 2021. The chair of the Advisory Task Force shall be appointed by
majority vote of the members.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RULES, dated 02/24/2021 - DO PASS,
As Amended.