l9n/ Connecticut

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 5502

AN ACT CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AGAINST MINORS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on March 12, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) increase the membership in the Trafficking in Persons Council, (2) allow certain testimony in the case of a delinquency proceeding to be compelled, (3) establish an affirmative defense for trafficking in persons in the case of a victim of trafficking, (4) redefine "sex trafficking", (5) change the required frequency of a refresher course in human trafficking awareness for certain professions, (6) extend vacatur relief to a person who committed certain crimes if a conviction is based on participation in the crime by the convicted person due to such person being a victim of trafficking, (7) to prohibit hourly rates at lodgings and require lodgings to establish a customer's identification before offering accommodation to such person, and (8) authorize extended periods of probation following convictions for certain crimes against minors.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

March 10 to March 12, 2020, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 10 to Mar 12 · stopped2 days

Judiciary CommitteeMar 10 to Mar 12 · stopped2 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Mar 10 – Mar 12

  1. Mar 10Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
  2. Mar 12Heard in Judiciary Committee
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Mar 10REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 12PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses