{"id":14862,"date":"2024-03-23T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=14862"},"modified":"2024-09-23T23:23:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T05:23:44","slug":"attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General&#8217;s Human Trafficking Bill Passes Unanimously"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<strong>BOISE<\/strong>] \u2013 House Bill 494, the re-write of Idaho&#8217;s Human Trafficking laws, passed the Idaho Senate unanimously (35-0) on Wednesday, March 20th. The bill had previously passed the Idaho House unanimously (70-0) on March 5th.<br><br>&#8220;The crime of human trafficking leaves a trail of victims and is an absolute stain on our communities,&#8221; said Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador. &#8220;When my office was tasked last year to write a report on this topic, we discovered many ways to improve our statutes to assist law enforcement, prosecutors, and victims of this terrible crime. I&#8217;m grateful to the legislature for their unanimous support of my recommendations, and I look forward to playing a more active role in assisting our local law enforcement partners who are already combatting human trafficking.&#8221;\u00a0<br><br>House Bill 494 addresses necessary changes identified by the Attorney General&#8217;s Criminal Division to give key tools to law enforcement in their efforts to combat human trafficking, both labor trafficking and sex trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goals of these revisions make Idaho&#8217;s human trafficking laws more victim-centered which includes a change in language from &#8220;prostitution&#8221; to &#8220;commercial sexual activity&#8221; and an affirmative defense to providing commercial sexual activity that the alleged perpetrator was the victim of human trafficking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The changes also give law enforcement clearer and more effective statutes for investigation and prosecution and establish state-level resources for addressing human trafficking. This bill will also allow prosecutors to seek forfeiture once a defendant has been convicted of human trafficking to ensure the trafficker does not profit from the illicit activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[BOISE] \u2013 House Bill 494, the re-write of Idaho&#8217;s Human Trafficking laws, passed the Idaho Senate unanimously (35-0) on Wednesday, March 20th. The bill had previously passed the Idaho House unanimously (70-0) on March 5th. &#8220;The crime of human trafficking leaves a trail of victims and is an absolute stain on our communities,&#8221; said Attorney [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":12950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-14862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions-op-eds","tag-idaho-legislature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Attorney General&#039;s Human Trafficking Bill Passes Unanimously - Gem State Patriot News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Attorney General&#039;s Human Trafficking Bill Passes Unanimously - Gem State Patriot News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[BOISE] \u2013 House Bill 494, the re-write of Idaho&#8217;s Human Trafficking laws, passed the Idaho Senate unanimously (35-0) on Wednesday, March 20th. The bill had previously passed the Idaho House unanimously (70-0) on March 5th. &#8220;The crime of human trafficking leaves a trail of victims and is an absolute stain on our communities,&#8221; said Attorney [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gem State Patriot News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gemstatepatriot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-23T14:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-24T05:23:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gavel.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ra\u00fal Labrador, Idaho AG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@news_gem\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@news_gem\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ra\u00fal Labrador, Idaho AG\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ra\u00fal Labrador, Idaho AG\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d4ff6a2768d968297b1f55e32e01bfda\"},\"headline\":\"Attorney General&#8217;s Human Trafficking Bill Passes Unanimously\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-23T14:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-24T05:23:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":264,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/gavel.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Idaho Legislature\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Opinions\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\\\/\",\"name\":\"Attorney General's Human Trafficking Bill Passes Unanimously - Gem State Patriot News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/gavel.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-23T14:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-24T05:23:44+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/gavel.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/gavel.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Attorney General&#8217;s Human Trafficking Bill Passes Unanimously\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gem State Patriot News\",\"description\":\"Knowledge is Power as Silence is Consent\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Gem State Patriot News\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/fb_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/fb_logo.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":430,\"caption\":\"Gem State Patriot News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/gemstatepatriot\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/news_gem\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d4ff6a2768d968297b1f55e32e01bfda\",\"name\":\"Ra\u00fal Labrador, Idaho AG\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Ra\u00fal Labrador, Idaho AG\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gemstatepatriot.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/rep-raul-labrador\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Attorney General's Human Trafficking Bill Passes Unanimously - Gem State Patriot News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Attorney General's Human Trafficking Bill Passes Unanimously - Gem State Patriot News","og_description":"[BOISE] \u2013 House Bill 494, the re-write of Idaho&#8217;s Human Trafficking laws, passed the Idaho Senate unanimously (35-0) on Wednesday, March 20th. The bill had previously passed the Idaho House unanimously (70-0) on March 5th. &#8220;The crime of human trafficking leaves a trail of victims and is an absolute stain on our communities,&#8221; said Attorney [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/","og_site_name":"Gem State Patriot News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gemstatepatriot","article_published_time":"2024-03-23T14:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-24T05:23:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gavel.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ra\u00fal Labrador, Idaho AG","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@news_gem","twitter_site":"@news_gem","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ra\u00fal Labrador, Idaho AG","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/"},"author":{"name":"Ra\u00fal Labrador, Idaho AG","@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d4ff6a2768d968297b1f55e32e01bfda"},"headline":"Attorney General&#8217;s Human Trafficking Bill Passes Unanimously","datePublished":"2024-03-23T14:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-24T05:23:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/"},"wordCount":264,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gavel.jpg","keywords":["Idaho Legislature"],"articleSection":["Opinions"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/","url":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/","name":"Attorney General's Human Trafficking Bill Passes Unanimously - Gem State Patriot News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gavel.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-23T14:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-24T05:23:44+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gavel.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gavel.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-generals-human-trafficking-bill-passes-unanimously\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Attorney General&#8217;s Human Trafficking Bill Passes Unanimously"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/","name":"Gem State Patriot News","description":"Knowledge is Power as Silence is Consent","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Gem State Patriot News","url":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fb_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fb_logo.png","width":800,"height":430,"caption":"Gem State Patriot News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gemstatepatriot","https:\/\/x.com\/news_gem"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d4ff6a2768d968297b1f55e32e01bfda","name":"Ra\u00fal Labrador, Idaho AG","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Ra\u00fal Labrador, Idaho AG"},"url":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/author\/rep-raul-labrador\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14863,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862\/revisions\/14863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}