VA HB859 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-2)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-09 - Continued to 2025 in Public Safety by voice vote
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Authorizes the Department of Criminal Justice Services to register and issue licenses for human trafficking investigators. The bill provides that a human trafficking investigator is a private investigator who is GSA compliant and engages in the business of, or accepts employment to make, investigations to obtain information on sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking as defined in the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and in the federal Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015.

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Title

Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-09HouseContinued to 2025 in Public Safety by voice vote
2024-02-08HouseSubcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-02-05HouseAssigned PS sub: Public Safety
2024-01-23HouseReferred to Committee on Public Safety
2024-01-23HouseReferred from General Laws by voice vote
2024-01-09HouseReferred to Committee on General Laws
2024-01-09HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103810D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
18260.3(n/a)See Bill Text
18260.5(n/a)See Bill Text
91138(n/a)See Bill Text
91139(n/a)See Bill Text
91140(n/a)See Bill Text
91144(n/a)See Bill Text
91149(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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