Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that specifies changes to human trafficking laws in North Carolina.

Signed by Governor Roy Cooper III

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that specifies changes to human trafficking laws in North Carolina.

Highlights:

• Specifies various changes to trafficking laws including increasing the penalty for a first offense of soliciting another for prostitution (Sec. 1-8).

• Authorizes campus police agencies access to the Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Data System, a database with information on offenders (Sec. 1-8).

• Requires the Department of Labor to develop human trafficking awareness training (Sec. 1-8).

• Requires lodging establishments, accommodation facilitators, and property managers for vacation rentals to implement human trafficking awareness training (Sec. 1-8).

• Amends the definition of victim in the Crime Victims Compensation Act (Sec. 1-8).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect beginning July 1, 2025 (Sec. 12).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text