Bill Text: NJ A1962 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires AG to address human trafficking in underserved communities.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-01-09 - Withdrawn Because Approved P.L.2023, c.298. [A1962 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2024-A1962-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1962

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Assemblywoman  VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman McClellan, Assemblywomen Park, Pintor Marin and Lopez

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires AG to address human trafficking in underserved communities.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning human trafficking and underserved communities and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.  a.  The Attorney General shall allocate and utilize resources in the Department of Law and Public Safety to perform functions designed to address the specific needs and vulnerabilities related to human trafficking which are experienced by members of underserved communities, particularly girls and women of color.

     b.  The functions to be performed pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall include, but not be limited to:

     (1)  coordinating with State, municipal, and county law enforcement agencies to investigate cases related to human trafficking in underserved communities;

     (2)  coordinating with relevant government entities, including, but not limited to the Victims of Crime Compensation Office, established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2007, c.95 (C.52:4B-3.2) and the Commission on Human Trafficking, established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2013, c.51 (C.52:17B-237), and community-based organizations to create and administer programs to connect victims to appropriate and effective information and resources; and

     (3)  collecting and maintaining data related to human trafficking cases and trends concerning members of underserved communities.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

      This bill requires the Attorney General to address human trafficking in underserved communities.

     Under the bill, the Attorney General is required to allocate and utilize resources in the Department of Law and Public Safety to perform functions designed to address the specific needs and vulnerabilities related to human trafficking which are experienced by members of underserved communities, particularly girls and women of color.

     The bill provides that the functions to be performed include, but are not limited to:

     (1)   coordinating with State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies to investigate cases related to human trafficking in underserved communities;

     (2)   coordinating with relevant government entities, including, but not limited to the Victims of Crime Compensation Office and the Commission on Human Trafficking, and community-based organizations to create and administer programs to connect victims to appropriate and effective information and resources; and

     (3)   collecting and maintaining data related to human trafficking cases and trends concerning members of underserved communities.