SF 450 (LSB 1078SV (3) 86)

SENATE FILE 450

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 312)

(As Amended and Passed by the Senate 2015-03-17)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to human trafficking and including a penalty provision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 80B.11, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (4)  In-service training under this paragraph “c” shall include the requirement that all law enforcement officers complete four hours of in-service training every five years related to domestic assault, sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking, and harassment. Such in-service training shall be approved by the academy in consultation with the Iowa coalition against sexual assault and the Iowa coalition against domestic violence.
    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  692.23  Human trafficking information.

   The division of criminal and juvenile justice planning of the department of human rights shall collect and maintain criminal history data on incidents related to human trafficking in this state, and shall submit an annual report to the general assembly concerning the collected data. For purposes of this section, “incidents related to human trafficking” means criminal violations of section 710.5, 710.11, or 710A.2, section 725.1, subsection 2, or section 725.2 or 725.3, or violations of section 710.2, 710.3, or 710.4 if the victim was forced to provide labor or services or participate in commercial sexual activity.
    Sec. 3.  Section 702.11, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A “forcible felony” is any felonious child endangerment, assault, murder, sexual abuse, kidnapping, robbery, arson in the first degree, or burglary in the first degree, or human trafficking.
    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  710A.6  Outreach, public awareness, and training programs.

   The crime victim assistance division of the department of justice, in cooperation with other governmental agencies and nongovernmental or community organizations, shall develop and conduct outreach, public awareness, and training programs for the general public, law enforcement agencies, first responders, potential victims, and persons conducting or regularly dealing with businesses or other ventures that have a high statistical incidence of debt bondage or forced labor or services. The programs shall train participants to recognize and report incidents of human trafficking and to suppress the demand that fosters exploitation of persons and leads to human trafficking.
    Sec. 5.  Section 915.94, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   915.94  Victim compensation fund.

   A victim compensation fund is established as a separate fund in the state treasury. Moneys deposited in the fund shall be administered by the department and dedicated to and used for the purposes of section 915.41 and this subchapter. In addition, the department may use moneys from the fund for the purpose of the department’s prosecutor-based victim service coordination, including the duties defined in sections 910.3 and 910.6 and this chapter, and for the award of funds to programs that provide services and support to victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault as provided in chapter 236, to victims under section 710A.2, and for the support of an automated victim notification system established in section 915.10A. The For each fiscal year, the department may also use up to one three hundred thousand dollars from the fund to provide training for victim service providers, to provide training for related professionals concerning victim service programming, and to provide training concerning homicide, domestic assault, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, and human trafficking as required by section 710A.6. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.