Indiana House Bill 1021

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-21 - Representative Harris added as coauthor
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Training in human trafficking awareness. Requires a food or lodging establishment to do the following: (1) Require each employee of the food or lodging establishment to annually complete a training course offered by the United States Department of Homeland Security in recognizing and responding to human trafficking (training requirement). (2) Maintain for each employee a written record of the title and date of completion of each training course completed by the employee (training records). (3) Include in the food or lodging establishment's biennial report to the secretary of state an attestation that the food or lodging establishment has complied with the training requirement in each of the two years covered by the report. (4) Post in a location in the food or lodging establishment that is readily accessible by all employees of the food or lodging establishment a conspicuous written notice: (A) asking employees to report suspected human trafficking; and (B) providing contact information for state and federal agencies to which suspected human trafficking can be reported. Provides that the office of the secretary of state may audit the training records of a food or lodging establishment to verify the food or lodging establishment's attestation regarding the training requirement in the food or lodging establishment's biennial report.

Training in human trafficking awareness.

Rep. Craig Haggard [R]

Rep. Earl Harris [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-21	House	Representative Harris added as coauthor
2025-01-08	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2025-01-08	House	Authored by Representative Haggard

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1021/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1021/HB1021.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1021/fiscal-notes/HB1021.01.INTR.FN001.pdf