Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation; Prohibits person 18 years of age or older from knowingly initiating, organizing, planning, financing, directing, managing, or supervising venture that has subjected child younger than 12, or person who is mentally defective or mentally incapacitated to human trafficking for sexual exploitation; requires state to give specified notice if it intends to seek death penalty; provides for imposition of sentence of life imprisonment or death.

Every action

28 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Apr 8, 2025CommitteeFavorable with CS by Judiciary Committee · House Judiciary Committee15–3 vote
2. Apr 8, 2025CommitteeReported out of Judiciary Committee · House Judiciary Committee
3. Apr 8, 2025HouseLaid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
4. Apr 8, 2025HouseCS Filed
5. Apr 8, 2025House1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
6. Apr 9, 2025HouseBill referred to House Calendar
7. Apr 9, 2025HouseAdded to Second Reading Calendar
8. Apr 30, 2025HouseLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1804 (Ch. 2025-156 )

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 5 cosponsors: 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat.

• Berny JacquesR Primary sponsor · District 59
• JC Judiciary Committee Sponsoring committee
• CJ Criminal Justice Subcommittee Sponsoring committee