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SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                           SR 6
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                                THIRD READING
Bill No:      SR 6
Author:       Grove (R)
Introduced:   12/13/22
Vote:         Majority
SUBJECT: National Human Trafficking Awareness Month
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution recognizes the month of January 2023 as National
Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1) For more than two centuries, the United States has worked to advance the cause
   of freedom, serving as a beacon of hope for those who cherish liberty and
   opportunity and leading the fight for the dignity and inalienable rights of every
   person.
2) Classified as a felony, human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery. It is a
   crime that involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to recruit, harbor,
   transport, provide, or obtain a person for the purpose of labor or sexual
   exploitation.
3) In 2015, the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking was
   established by Congress and sits as the world’s preeminent human trafficking
   advisory body led by survivors of human trafficking and advises federal policy
   makers on antitrafficking policies.
4) The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimated that there were
   49,600,000 victims of human trafficking globally in 2021, of which 27,600,000
   were in forced labor and 22,000,000 in forced marriage.
5) According to the ILO, of the total number of global human trafficking victims,
   4,900,000 are women and girls in forced commercial sexual exploitation.
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6) According to the United States Department of State’s 2022 Trafficking in
   Persons Report, human trafficking cases have been reported in all 50 states, the
   District of Columbia, and United States territories and the United States is
   among the top three countries of origin of human trafficking victims.
This resolution recognizes the month of January 2023 as National Human
Trafficking Awareness Month.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No             Fiscal Com.:   No     Local: No
SUPPORT: (Verified 1/12/23)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified 1/12/23)
None received
Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
1/12/23 13:46:16
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