HB 1734 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator; name change.

Summary

Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator; name change. Renames the Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator as the Human Trafficking Response Coordinator within the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill also changes related references from "sex trafficking" to "human trafficking."

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 4, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025

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MINOR

This bill changes the title of the Sex Human Trafficking Response Coordinator position to simply 'Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator' by removing the word 'Human' from the official title. The substantive duties, responsibilities, and requirements of the position remain unchanged. This is primarily a formatting and naming convention update rather than a policy change.

DEFINITION

Changed the official title from 'Sex Human Trafficking Response Coordinator' to 'Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator' in both the statute text and the list of required meeting participants.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 23, 2025

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Feb 7, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

17 Yea 2

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 24, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 375 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Feb 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1734ER)

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 12, 2025

Committee

Assigned Courts sub: Criminal

lower

Jan 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors