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The Hotels Human Bill
Hotels face fines for not helping human trafficking victims
Provides that a lodging facility that fails to comply with certain requirements for providing information concerning services for human trafficking victims shall be liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for a first offense and one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense; provides for concurrent enforcement by the director or commissioner of a municipal consumer affairs office or by the town attorney, city corporation counsel, or other lawful designee of a municipality.
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This bill would make hotels pay fines if they do not provide help for human trafficking victims.
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If this bill passes, hotels will have to take human trafficking seriously. This could help protect vulnerable people. Now is the time to support this bill.
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- Hotels must provide information about services for human trafficking victims.
- Fines are $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for later offenses.
- Local agencies will enforce these fines.
- The bill aims to help victims by holding hotels accountable.
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