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Take Action Against Human Trafficking

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The Florida Association of School Nurses

If anti-trafficking advocates don't call their Reps and Senators to help victims have a lifeline, these bills could flounder.

TAKE ACTION

We need you to contact the following house members and let them know how important these bills are to you and ask that the bills be heard quickly:

  1. Chair Richard Corcoran - http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4503
  2. Chair Jason Brodeur - http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4501
  3. Chair Ken Roberson - http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4454

Human Trafficking

  • HB 465 by Rep. Ross Spano (R-Riverview), "Relating to Public Records/Human Trafficking Victims," was unanimously passed the House Judiciary Committee on March 26, and now awaits full House action.
  • The Senate companion SB 1106 by Sen. Anitere Flores (R-Miami) passed unanimously in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice on March 23.  The bill now awaits action in the Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice.

Other bills related to human trafficking include:

  • HB 467 by Rep. Ross Spano (R-Riverview), "Relating to Public Records/Human Trafficking
    Victims," was passed by the House Judiciary Committee on March 26 and now awaits full House action.     
  • SB 1108 by Sen. Anitere Flores (R-Miami), "Relating to Public Records/Identity of a Victim/Human       Trafficking Offenses," was passed unanimously by the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice on March 31.     
  • SB 1110 by Sen. Anitere Flores (R-Miami), "Relating to Public Records/Residential Facilities       Serving Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking passed the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice on March 23, and is scheduled to be heard in the Governmental Oversight and Accountability on March 31.