Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SJR9 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIO N 9
5	5	January 27, 2023 - Introduced by Senators L. JOHNSON, JAMES, ROYS, TAYLOR,
6	6	CARPENTER, CABRAL-GUEVARA, JACQUE, HESSELBEIN, LARSON, AGARD,
7	7	SPREITZER, BALLWEG, MARKLEIN and WIRCH, cosponsored by Representatives
8	8	BILLINGS, KITCHENS, DRAKE, PENTERMAN, SPIROS, EMERSON, BALDEH, SCHUTT,
9	9	TITTL, CONLEY, MURSAU, VINING, HAYWOOD, DITTRICH, ARMSTRONG, MURPHY,
10	10	NOVAK, BEHNKE, O'CONNOR, SHANKLAND, MOORE OMOKUNDE, RIEMER, SHELTON,
11	11	CONSIDINE, JOERS, TUSLER, SUBECK, STUBBS, HONG, ROZAR, MADISON, CLANCY,
12	12	ANDRACA, ALLEN, C. ANDERSON, ORTIZ-VELEZ and DONOVAN. Referred to
13	13	Committee on Senate Organization.
14	14	Relating to: proclaiming January 2023 as human trafficking awareness and
15	15	prevention month.
16	16	Whereas, human trafficking occurs when a person is recruited, harbored,
17	17	obtained, or transported through force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of sexual
18	18	exploitation, commercial sex acts, or labor exploitation; and
19	19	Whereas, human traffickers disproportionately target at-risk populations,
20	20	including individuals who have experienced or been exposed to other violence, such
21	21	as child abuse and maltreatment and community violence, and those who are
22	22	disconnected from support networks, such as runaway and homeless youth,
23	23	unaccompanied minors, and persons displaced by natural disasters; and
24	24	Whereas, since 2007 more than 82,000 total cases of human trafficking have
25	25	been reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, including 796 in
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27	27	Whereas, the average age a trafficking victim enters the sex trade in the United
28	28	States is from 12 to 14 years old; and
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47	47	Whereas, in 2021, an estimated one out of six endangered runaways reported
48	48	to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children were likely child sex
49	49	trafficking victims, 70 percent of all trafficking victims are female, and 50 percent
50	50	of victims are children; and
51	51	Whereas, a 2019 U.S. State Department report found that advocates reported
52	52	a growing trend of traffickers targeting people with disabilities and an increase in
53	53	the use of social media platforms to recruit and advertise victims of human
54	54	trafficking; and
55	55	Whereas, human trafficking has been reported in all 72 counties in the state,
56	56	and it is a crime found in rural, urban, and suburban communities; and
57	57	Whereas, human trafficking is modern-day slavery, a practice that is in direct
58	58	opposition to the fundamental principles of liberty and human rights upon which our
59	59	nation was founded; and
60	60	Whereas, to combat human trafficking in our state, our citizens must be aware
61	61	of the realities of human trafficking, educated to recognize victims of human
62	62	trafficking, and dedicated to stopping it; and
63	63	Whereas, a resolution passed by the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2007, has forever
64	64	marked January 11 as a day of awareness and vigilance for the countless victims and
65	65	survivors of human trafficking around the world; and
66	66	Whereas, Wisconsin has zero tolerance for human trafficking, and eliminating
67	67	human trafficking is a goal shared by all Americans who believe in freedom and
68	68	liberty for all people; now, therefore, be it
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94	94	Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the members of the
95	95	Wisconsin Legislature proclaim January 2023 as Human Trafficking Awareness and
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