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The Fight Human Bill
Texas moves to fight human trafficking, protect vulnerable people
Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
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This bill would make it easier to catch human traffickers and help victims by requiring more businesses to post warnings and train staff.
Our take
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This bill would help protect people from human trafficking by making more businesses aware of the signs and requiring them to post helpful information. It would also make it easier for police to go after traffickers. This is a chance to make Texas safer for everyone, especially those who might be forced into bad situations.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- It would add the Office of Court Administration to the state's Human Trafficking Prevention Task Force.
- It would require cosmetology facilities and body piercing studios to post signs about human trafficking.
- Employees of tattoo and body piercing studios would need to complete training on how to spot and help human trafficking victims.
- People with cosmetology licenses would need to take ongoing classes about human trafficking.
- It would change parts of the law about human trafficking crimes and punishments.
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