2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB859: Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.

Legislative 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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Bill History

1/9/2024
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103810D
House of Delegates
1/9/2024
Referred to Committee on General Laws
House of Delegates
1/23/2024
Referred from General Laws (Voice Vote)
House of Delegates
1/23/2024
Referred to Committee on Public Safety (Voice Vote)
House of Delegates
1/26/2024
Impact statement from DPB (HB859)
House of Delegates
2/5/2024
Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
House of Delegates
2/8/2024
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
House of Delegates
2/9/2024
Continued to 2025 in Public Safety (Voice Vote)
House of Delegates
11/18/2024
Left in Public Safety
House of Delegates