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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · February 6, 2025

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Introduced February 4, 2025

Senate

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

SB97

AN ACT relating to human trafficking.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to define terms; provide a nonprofit human trafficking victim service provider with standing to pursue a civil action against a trafficker; establish notice requirements; delineate damages that may be sought; provide for distribution of any award received.

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This bill would allow nonprofit organizations that help human trafficking victims to sue traffickers directly in civil court on behalf of the people they serve. It sets out definitions, notice requirements, what damages can be sought, and how any money recovered would be distributed. This could give victims an additional legal path to hold traffickers accountable without having to bring the lawsuit themselves. Who it may affect: human trafficking survivors, nonprofit victim service organizations, and legal advocates working on trafficking cases in Kentucky.

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