Enacting non-criminalization laws in tandem with a strong service response as this bill seeks to do, recognizes that children never engage in commercial sex by choice; rather, a child does so out of coercion, force, fraud, fear, or survival.
House Bill 827, Maryland
Enacting non-criminalization laws in tandem with a strong service response as this bill seeks to do, recognizes that children never engage in commercial sex by choice; rather, a child does so out of coercion, force, fraud, fear, or survival.
Virginia Crime Commission Hearing on Sexual Trafficking
Encouraging the development of a process that builds upon the 2019 advancements and legislates a non-criminalization provision that prohibits minors from being arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for prostitution offenses.
House Bill 984, Virginia
Presently, state law fails to protect child sex trafficking victims from facing delinquency charges for prostitution and other offenses committed as a result of their victimization; House Bill 984 seeks and fails to remedy this.
Assembly Bill 2714, California
AB 2714 calls on the state to criminalize child sex trafficking victims, rather than protect them.
