HB475:

Protective orders; human trafficking and sex trafficking, penalty.

Bill Summary:

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