Bill > HB94

This bill amends Alabama's existing human trafficking law to explicitly criminalize advertising access to sexual or labor servitude as a Class B felony. The legislation expands the definition of human trafficking in the second degree by adding a new provision that makes it a crime to knowingly advertise, either online or in print, access to another person's sexual or labor servitude. The bill modifies the existing statute to use gender-specific language ("he or she" instead of "a person") and maintains provisions that allow prosecution of corporations or legal entities if their agents commit trafficking-related offenses within the scope of their employment. The bill also retains language making it a Class B felony to obstruct enforcement of the human trafficking statute. The new law is set to take effect on October 1, 2025, and aims to provide law enforcement with additional tools to combat human trafficking by targeting those who advertise or facilitate access to exploitative labor and sexual services.

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