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LC000947/SUB A | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS--HUMAN TRAFFICKING | |
REPORTING AND PREVENTION ACT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Diaz, McNamara, Slater, Perez, Giraldo, Felix, Biah, | |
Date Introduced: January 29, 2021 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 5 of the General Laws entitled "BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS" |
2 | is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 14.1 |
4 | THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION NOTICE ACT |
5 | 5-14.1-1. Definitions. |
6 | As used in this chapter: |
7 | (1) “Hotel” shall mean any establishment defined in § 5-14-3. |
8 | (2) “Human trafficking” means the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of |
9 | labor or commercial sex act as defined in 22 USC § 7102 and the commission of an offense created |
10 | by §§ 11-67.1-3 through 11-67.1-7. |
11 | 5-14.1-2. Posting requirements. |
12 | (a) Every operator of a hotel shall post in a location conspicuous to employees human |
13 | trafficking awareness signage, printed in an easily legible font in English and any other language |
14 | spoken by at least ten percent (10%) of the employees. |
15 | (b) The notice shall provide information regarding the National Human Trafficking |
16 | Resource Center hotline and substantially state as follows: "If you or someone you know is being |
17 | forced to engage in any work or commercial sexual activity and cannot leave, call the toll-free |
18 | National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 to access help and |
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1 | services. The toll-free hotline is: |
2 | (1) Available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week; |
3 | (2) Operated by a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization; |
4 | (3) Anonymous and confidential; |
5 | (4) Accessible in one hundred seventy (170) languages; and |
6 | (5) Able to provide help, referral to services, training, and general information." |
7 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2022. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS--HUMAN TRAFFICKING | |
REPORTING AND PREVENTION ACT | |
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1 | This act would create the Human Trafficking Prevention Notice Act applicable to hotels, |
2 | requiring them to post in a location conspicuous to their employees human trafficking awareness |
3 | signage on their premises. |
4 | This act would take effect on January 1, 2022. |
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