TO: | Honorable Aaron Pena, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB3342 by Burnam (Relating to the prosecution of the offense of trafficking of persons.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Penal Code by broadening the definition of forced labor or services as it relates to the offense of trafficking of persons. The bill would also broaden the definition of traffic to include soliciting or otherwise obtaining by any means another person for transport.
The bill would amend the Penal Code by including in the offense of trafficking of persons: 1) conduct that constitutes the purchase and sale of human organs, 2) trafficking another person with the knowledge the trafficked person will engage in forced labor or services, conduct that constitutes public indecency, or conduct that constitutes the purchase and sale of human organs, and 3) benefiting from a venture that involves forced labor or services, conduct that constitutes public indecency, or conduct that constitutes the purchase and sale of human organs.
The bill would take effect on September 1, 2007 and apply to an offense committed on or after the effective date.
Source Agencies: | 696 Department of Criminal Justice
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LBB Staff: | JOB, ES, GG, TM
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