An effort to support survivors of violence, including human trafficking, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence, by providing trauma-informed sentencing relief and trial advocacy considerations.
House Bill 1592, Maine
An Act to Decriminalize Engaging in Prostitution, Strengthening the Laws Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Allow a Person Convicted of Engaging in Prostitution to Petition the Court to Expunge the Record of Conviction.
AB 124 (Kamlager), California
An effort to support survivors of violence, including human trafficking, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence, by providing trauma-informed sentencing relief and trial advocacy considerations
House Bill 2113, Virginia
Commercial sex trafficking; issuance of writ of vacatur for victims.
Virginia Crime Commission Hearing Public Comment
Since 2011, we have called on states to recognize any young person engaged in commercial sex as a victim of sex trafficking, not a “prostitute” or “delinquent youth.”