Lawmakers passed a bill May 14 to strengthen human trafficking prevention efforts in Nebraska.<\/p>\n
Introduced by Norfolk Sen. Jim Scheer, LB294 increases penalties for solicitation of prostitution, pandering and keeping a house of prostitution and permits search warrants and subpoenas to be issued for entities located outside of Nebraska.<\/p>\n
The measure defines offenders\u2019 property that would be subject to forfeiture and creates a human trafficking victim assistance fund. Additionally, the bill permits human trafficking as a defense to prosecution for prostitution and requires the Foster Care Review Office to collect information on child trafficking victims.<\/p>\n
The bill passed with an emergency clause on a 49-0 vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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