Title: Control of Human Trafficking

Summary: Requires DLA to develop human trafficking awareness campaigns & develop & operate hotline to receive reports of potential human trafficking activity.

Full Text:
An act relating to control of human trafficking; requiring the Department of Legal Affairs to develop human trafficking awareness campaigns; requiring the department to develop and operate a hotline to receive reports of potential human trafficking activity; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Human trafficking awareness campaigns; hotline.-The Department of Legal Affairs shall, subject to legislative appropriations: (1) Develop campaigns to increase awareness of human trafficking, particularly among children and other potentially vulnerable populations. Such campaigns may include information concerning approaches used by traffickers, warning signs of trafficking, and inappropriate behaviors that should be reported. (2) Develop and operate a toll-free hotline to receive reports of potential human trafficking incidents. The department shall promp tly provide all such reports deemed to be credible to appropriate law enforcement agencies for investigation and disposition. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.