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• Introduced by Rep. Dudley Spade (D) on June 13, 2007, to expand the human trafficking crimes law passed in the previous legislature by authorizing courts to order victim restitution; adding “debt bondage” to the prohibited acts; and adding various specific definitions related to the prohibited acts, including forced prostitution, and the use of force, fraud or coercion. The bill is part of a package comprised of House Bills 4914 to 4918, which also would make human trafficking a racketeering crime.
  • Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on June 13, 2007.
    • Reported in the House on February 20, 2008, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on February 27, 2008, to clarify the precise mechanism by which the restitution provision of the bill would operate. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 27, 2008.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on February 27, 2008, to tie-bar the bill to House Bill 4918, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 4918 would broadly define the losses and compensation covered by the restitution that this bill proposes. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 27, 2008.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on February 27, 2008, to include an act that involves serious physical harm to another person in the 20-year felony penalty proposed by the bill. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 27, 2008.
• Passed 108 to 0 in the House on February 27, 2008.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on February 28, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 28, 2008.