CS/CS/SB 972 (2017) -  Victims of Human Trafficking

General Bill by Judiciary and Criminal Justice and Bracy
Victims of Human Trafficking: Creating the "Civil Action for Victims of Human Trafficking and Prevention of Human Trafficking Act"; creating a civil cause of action for victims of human trafficking, or for the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking on their behalves, against a trafficker or facilitator; requiring the council to issue an annual report to the Legislature which includes specified information, by a specified date; authorizing subpoenas in certain investigations of sexual offenses involving child victims, etc.
Effective Date: 10/01/2017
Last Event: 05/05/17 S Died in Criminal Justice on Friday, May 5, 2017 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Criminal Justice
    • On agenda for: 04/17/17 1:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Judiciary
    • On agenda for: 04/19/17 1:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Criminal Justice
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/SB 970 Subject: Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking and Prevention/Department of Legal Affairs Relationship: Linked
Bill #: CS/SB 1788 Subject: Public Records/Victim of Human Trafficking Relationship: Linked
Bill #: CS/CS/CS/HB 1165 Subject: Victims of Human Trafficking Relationship: Similar
Bill #: CS/CS/CS/HB 1167 Subject: Trust Funds/Creation/Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking and Prevention/DLA Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/HB 1417 Subject: Pub. Rec./Identifying Information of Human Trafficking Victims Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/HB 1429 Subject: Child Predators Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 7049 Subject: Child Exploitation Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 1244 Subject: Subpoenas in Investigations of Sexual Offenses Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 2
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • A 271152 , Judiciary, Bracy Date Filed: 04/18/17, Line#: 141 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/19/2017 06:47 PM
    • A 273830 , Judiciary, Steube Date Filed: 04/18/17, Line#: 154 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/19/2017 06:47 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • D 228352 , Criminal Justice, Bracy Date Filed: 03/31/17, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Substitute Amendment 04/17/2017 05:27 PM
    • SD 176364 , Criminal Justice, Bracy Date Filed: 04/03/17, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/17/2017 05:27 PM
    • ASA 129704 , Criminal Justice, Rouson Date Filed: 04/14/17, Line#: 5 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/17/2017 05:27 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 4/21/2017 5:33:55 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 4/18/2017 3:42:17 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 4/17/2017 7:23:10 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 3/31/2017 1:33:02 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Criminal Justice Time: 05/05/2017 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c2
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/05/2017 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 447 Time: 04/25/2017 - 7:40 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c2
Event: S Now in Criminal Justice Time: 04/24/2017 - 8:35 AM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c2
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Criminal Justice; Appropriations -SJ 451 Time: 04/24/2017 - 8:35 AM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/21/2017 - 5:28 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 442 Time: 04/19/2017 - 4:26 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/19/17, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 04/18/2017 - 5:09 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S Now in Judiciary -SJ 424 Time: 04/18/2017 - 5:00 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 425 Time: 04/18/2017 - 2:48 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/18/2017 - 8:38 AM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 424 Time: 04/17/2017 - 4:17 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/17/17, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Office Building Time: 04/12/2017 - 10:24 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/03/17, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 04/03/2017 - 4:11 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 109 Time: 03/07/2017 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 109 Time: 02/23/2017 - 4:01 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/15/2017 - 10:58 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
16.617 CS/CS/CS/HB 1165, CS/HB 1379, CS/SB 1626
787.061 CS/CS/CS/HB 1165, CS/HB 1417, CS/SB 1788*
787.062 CS/SB 970*
787.063
787.064
794.11

(*) Not the latest version