HB0146 | Human Trafficking Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill addresses human trafficking education and prevention.

Highlighted Provisions: 

This bill addresses human trafficking education and prevention by directing the Office of the Attorney General to hire a state human trafficking intervention coordinator. 

Bill Details
Year: 
2024
Status: 
House/ filed
Last Action: 
Mar 01, 2024
Sponsor
Representative
Republican - District 50
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Impact on Children: 

Empowering individuals through education serves as a potent tool in the fight against human trafficking. This bill aims to sustain and propel the ongoing efforts to prevent and combat human trafficking.

Commission: 
Safety
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: 

Resolved, That Utah PTA and its constituent associations promote and support the adoption and enforcement of laws, at all levels of government, to end the recruitment, force or involvement of a minor in conduct or violence of a sexually nature and all forms of sexual exploitation;

Resolved, That Utah PTA and its constituent associations encourage and call for members, policy makers, schools and community organizations to actively raise awareness and to address those conditions and situations that contribute to the sexual exploitation of a minor.

Resolved, That National PTA and its constituent organizations encourage and call for members, policy makers in government, inter-governmental bodies and non-governmental, school and community organizations to raise awareness and to address those conditions and situations that contribute to child trafficking.
 

Utah PTA Legislative Policy: 

To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities: 

Promote the inclusion of safety education in the curriculum at all levels of public schools and incorporate an age appropriate violence prevention component into existing courses of study.

National PTA Public Policy Agenda

Promote the inclusion of safety education in the curriculum at all levels of public schools and incorporate an ageappropriate violence prevention component into existing courses of study.