Protective orders; human trafficking and sex trafficking, penalty.

Protective orders; petition; human traffickingand sex trafficking; penalty. Adds to the definitions of "familyabuse" and "act of violence, force, or threat" used in the protectiveorder provisions that acts of violence, force, or threat includeacts in furtherance of human trafficking or commercial sex trafficking. The bill also allows a minor to petition for a protective order onhis own behalf without the consent of a parent or guardian and withoutdoing so by next friend.