SB2321: Human trafficking; create civil cause of action for engaging in or benefitting from.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Create A Civil Cause Of Action For Engaging In Human Trafficking Or Willfully, Intentionally And Knowingly Benefitting From Participation In Human Trafficking; To Define Terms; To Provide That A Defendant Who Engages In Human Trafficking Or Who Willfully, Intentionally And Knowingly Benefits From Participating In A Venture That Trafficks Another Person Is Liable To The Person Trafficked For Damages Proximately Caused By The Trafficking Of That Person By The Defendant Or Venture; To Provide For Shareholder Or Member Liability; To Clarify That The Occurrence Of Human Trafficking On The Property Of One Not Engaged In Or Benefitting From Such Human Trafficking Shall Not, In And Of Itself, Subject The Property Owner To Liability; To Amend Section 97-29-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Crime Of Promotion Of Prostitution; To Amend Section 97-3-54.7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Where The Proceeds Of Forfeited Assets From Human Trafficking Are Deposited; To Amend Section 97-3-54.9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Repeal Section 97-3-54.8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The "relief For Victims Of Human Trafficking Fund"; And For Related Purposes.