Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator; establishes position, duties, report.
Summary
Creates, within the Department of Criminal Justice Services, a Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator (the Coordinator) who shall (i) create a statewide plan for local and state agencies to identify and respond to victims of sex trafficking; (ii) coordinate the development of standards and guidelines for treatment programs for victims of sex trafficking; (iii) maintain a list of programs that provide treatment or specialized services to victims of sex trafficking and make such list available to law-enforcement agencies, attorneys for the Commonwealth, crime victim and witness assistance programs, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Social Services, the Department of Education, and school divisions; (iv) oversee the development of a curriculum to be completed by persons convicted of solicitation of prostitution; and (v) promote strategies for the awareness of sex trafficking, for education and training related to sex trafficking, and for the reduction of demand for commercial sex. The bill requires the Coordinator to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly and include a summary of activities for the year and any recommendations to address sex trafficking within the Commonwealth. The bill as introduced was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 9, 2019
Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 12, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Amendments
2
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 486 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 22, 2019
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2019
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 12, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Lower · Passed
Motion to refer to committee agreed to
lower
Jan 15, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104149D
lower
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Paul Krizek
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
Co
Dave LaRock
RRepublican
Co
David Bulova
DDemocratic
Co
David E. Yancey
RRepublican
Co
Ellen Campbell
RRepublican
Co
Gordon C. Helsel, Jr.
RRepublican
Co
Hala S. Ayala
DDemocratic
Co
James Edmunds
RRepublican
Co
Jennifer Carroll Foy
DDemocratic
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