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HUMAN TRAFFICKING AMENDMENTS

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2015 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Brian S. King

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Senate Sponsor: Luz Escamilla

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies the Utah Criminal Code regarding the kidnapping, trafficking, and
10     smuggling of persons younger than 18 years of age.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     modifies the definition of the crime of human trafficking of a child; and
14          ▸     provides that a person who is convicted of human trafficking of a child is guilty of a
15     first degree felony.
16     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17          None
18     Other Special Clauses:
19          None
20     Utah Code Sections Affected:
21     AMENDS:
22          76-5-309, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapters 135 and 141
23          76-5-310, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 196
24     ENACTS:
25          76-5-308.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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27     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

28          Section 1. Section 76-5-308.5 is enacted to read:
29          76-5-308.5. Human trafficking of a child -- Penalties.
30          (1) "Commercial sexual activity with a child" means any sexual act, on account of
31     which anything of value is given to or received by any person.
32          (2) An actor commits human trafficking of a child if the actor recruits, harbors,
33     transports, or obtains a child for labor or sexual exploitation.
34          (3) (a) Human trafficking of a child for labor includes labor in industrial facilities,
35     sweatshops, households, agricultural enterprises, and any other workplace.
36          (b) Human trafficking of a child for sexual exploitation includes all forms of
37     commercial sexual activity with a child, including sexually explicit performance, prostitution,
38     participation in the production of pornography, performance in a strip club, and exotic dancing
39     or display.
40          (4) Human trafficking of a child in violation of this section is a first degree felony.
41          Section 2. Section 76-5-309 is amended to read:
42          76-5-309. Human trafficking and human smuggling -- Penalties.
43          (1) Human trafficking for forced labor and human trafficking for forced sexual
44     exploitation are each a second degree felony, except under Section 76-5-310.
45          (2) Human smuggling under Section 76-5-308 of one or more persons is a third degree
46     felony, except under Section 76-5-310.
47          (3) Human trafficking for forced labor or for forced sexual exploitation, human
48     trafficking of a child, and human smuggling are each a separate offense from any other crime
49     committed in relationship to the commission of either of these offenses.
50          (4) Under circumstances not amounting to aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a
51     violation of Subsection 76-5-404.1(4)(h), a person who benefits, receives, or exchanges
52     anything of value from knowing participation in:
53          (a) human trafficking for forced labor or for forced sexual exploitation in violation of
54     Section 76-5-308 or human trafficking of a child under Section 76-5-308.5 is guilty of a second
55     degree felony; and
56          (b) human smuggling is guilty of a third degree felony.
57          (5) A person commits a separate offense of human trafficking, human trafficking of a
58     child, or human smuggling for each person who is smuggled or trafficked under Section

59     76-5-308, 76-5-308.5, or 76-5-310.
60          Section 3. Section 76-5-310 is amended to read:
61          76-5-310. Aggravated human trafficking and aggravated human smuggling --
62     Penalties.
63          (1) An actor commits aggravated human trafficking for forced labor or forced sexual
64     exploitation or aggravated human smuggling if, in the course of committing a human
65     trafficking for forced labor or for forced sexual exploitation, a violation of Section 76-5-308, or
66     human smuggling offense under Section 76-5-308, the offense:
67          (a) results in the death of the trafficked or smuggled person;
68          (b) results in serious bodily injury of the trafficked or smuggled person;
69          (c) involves:
70          (i) rape under Section 76-5-402;
71          (ii) rape of a child under Section 76-5-402.1;
72          (iii) object rape under Section 76-5-402.2;
73          (iv) object rape of a child under Section 76-5-402.3;
74          (v) forcible sodomy under Section 76-5-403;
75          (vi) sodomy on a child under Section 76-5-403.1;
76          (vii) aggravated sexual abuse of a child under Section 76-5-404.1; or
77          (viii) aggravated sexual assault under 76-5-405;
78          (d) involves 10 or more victims in a single episode of human trafficking or human
79     smuggling; or
80          (e) involves a victim who is held against the victim's will for longer than 30
81     consecutive days.
82          [(2) An actor commits aggravated human trafficking for forced labor or forced sexual
83     exploitation if the actor recruits, harbors, transports, or obtains a child for forced labor or
84     forced sexual exploitation.]
85          [(3)] (2) An actor commits aggravated human smuggling if the actor commits human
86     smuggling under Section 76-5-308 and any human being whom the person engages in
87     smuggling is:
88          (a) a child; and
89          (b) not accompanied by a family member who is 18 years of age or older.

90          [(4)] (3) (a) Aggravated human trafficking is a first degree felony.
91          (b) Aggravated human smuggling is a second degree felony.
92          (c) Aggravated human trafficking and aggravated human smuggling are each a separate
93     offense from any other crime committed in relationship to the commission of either of these
94     offenses.






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