Forced labor or service; penalties. Expands the offense of abduction to penalize any person who, by force, intimidation or deception, and without legal justification or excuse, obtains the labor or services of another, or seizes, takes, transports, detains or secretes another person or threatens to do so. The bill also expands the offense of receiving money for procuring a person to penalize any person who causes another to engage in forced labor or services or provides or obtains labor or services by any act as described in the offense of abduction. Lastly, the bill allows any person injured as a result of an abduction for the purposes of forced labor or services to commence a civil action for recovery of compensatory damages, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney fees and costs.

Statutes affected:
House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104599D: 8.01-42.4, 17.1-805, 18.2-513, 19.2-10.2, 19.2-268.3, 19.2-299, 19.2-392.02
House: Committee substitute printed 24106914D-H1: 8.01-42.4, 17.1-805, 18.2-513, 19.2-10.2, 19.2-268.3, 19.2-299, 19.2-392.02
Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108264D-S1: 8.01-42.4, 18.2-47, 18.2-356
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB633ER): 8.01-42.4, 18.2-47, 18.2-356
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368): 8.01-42.4, 18.2-47, 18.2-356