Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AJR9 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 9
5	5	February 6, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives BILLINGS, KITCHENS, DRAKE,
6	6	PENTERMAN, SPIROS, EMERSON, BALDEH, SCHUTT, TITTL, CONLEY, MURSAU,
7	7	VINING, HAYWOOD, DITTRICH, ARMSTRONG, MURPHY, NOVAK, BEHNKE, O'CONNOR,
8	8	SHANKLAND, MOORE OMOKUNDE, RIEMER, SHELTON, CONSIDINE, JOERS, TUSLER,
9	9	SUBECK, STUBBS, HONG, ROZAR, MADISON, CLANCY, ANDRACA, ALLEN, C.
10	10	ANDERSON, ORTIZ-VELEZ, SINICKI and DONOVAN, cosponsored by Senators L.
11	11	JOHNSON, JAMES, ROYS, TAYLOR, CARPENTER, CABRAL-GUEVARA, JACQUE,
12	12	HESSELBEIN, LARSON, AGARD, SPREITZER, BALLWEG and MARKLEIN. Referred to
13	13	Committee on Rules.
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15	15	Relating to: proclaiming January 2023 as human trafficking awareness and
16	16	prevention month.
17	17	Whereas, human trafficking occurs when a person is recruited, harbored,
18	18	obtained, or transported through force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of sexual
19	19	exploitation, commercial sex acts, or labor exploitation; and
20	20	Whereas, human traffickers disproportionately target at-risk populations,
21	21	including individuals who have experienced or been exposed to other violence, such
22	22	as child abuse and maltreatment and community violence, and those who are
23	23	disconnected from support networks, such as runaway and homeless youth,
24	24	unaccompanied minors, and persons displaced by natural disasters; and
25	25	Whereas, since 2007 more than 82,000 total cases of human trafficking have
26	26	been reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, including 796 in
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28	28	Whereas, the average age a trafficking victim enters the sex trade in the United
29	29	States is from 12 to 14 years old; and
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48	48	Whereas, in 2021, an estimated one out of six endangered runaways reported
49	49	to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children were likely child sex
50	50	trafficking victims, 70 percent of all trafficking victims are female, and 50 percent
51	51	of victims are children; and
52	52	Whereas, a 2019 U.S. State Department report found that advocates reported
53	53	a growing trend of traffickers targeting people with disabilities and an increase in
54	54	the use of social media platforms to recruit and advertise victims of human
55	55	trafficking; and
56	56	Whereas, human trafficking has been reported in all 72 counties in the state,
57	57	and it is a crime found in rural, urban, and suburban communities; and
58	58	Whereas, human trafficking is modern-day slavery, a practice that is in direct
59	59	opposition to the fundamental principles of liberty and human rights upon which our
60	60	nation was founded; and
61	61	Whereas, to combat human trafficking in our state, our citizens must be aware
62	62	of the realities of human trafficking, educated to recognize victims of human
63	63	trafficking, and dedicated to stopping it; and
64	64	Whereas, a resolution passed by the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2007, has forever
65	65	marked January 11 as a day of awareness and vigilance for the countless victims and
66	66	survivors of human trafficking around the world; and
67	67	Whereas, Wisconsin has zero tolerance for human trafficking, and eliminating
68	68	human trafficking is a goal shared by all Americans who believe in freedom and
69	69	liberty for all people; now, therefore, be it
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95	95	Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the
96	96	Wisconsin Legislature proclaim January 2023 as Human Trafficking Awareness and
97	97	Prevention Month in the State of Wisconsin.
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