Awareness of human trafficking.
Summary
Requires safety rest areas, gas stations, and welcome centers to display human trafficking awareness information, and permits massage establishments to display human trafficking awareness information.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025
Signed May 6, 2025
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What changed between versions
House Bill (H)
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House Bill (S)
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6 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to expand human trafficking awareness requirements from gas stations and food/lodging establishments to include safety rest areas, welcome centers, and massage establishments. The bill also added restrictions on massage establishments advertising on escort service websites and updated the effective date to July 1, 2025.
Scope change
The bill now applies to safety rest areas and welcome centers (requiring posters), massage establishments (requiring posters and prohibiting escort service website advertising), and gas stations (now permitted but not required to display information).
SCOPE
Added requirements for safety rest areas and welcome centers to display human trafficking awareness posters.
Added requirements for massage establishments to display human trafficking awareness posters and prohibited advertising on escort service websites.
REQUIREMENT
Changed gas station requirements from mandatory poster display to optional information display.
Added prohibition on massage establishments advertising on websites that accept escort service ads.
DEFINITION
Added new chapter for massage establishment requirements and modified gas station chapter to allow rather than require posters.
TIMELINE
Updated digest date from February 6, 2025 to March 28, 2025 and added Senate action dates.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2025 · House Feb 11, 2025
How they voted
44–5
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Apr 15, 2025
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican40
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
14
Committee
4
Amendments
4
May 6, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Apr 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 545: yeas 91, nays 0
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 516: yeas 46, nays 4
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 439: yeas 44, nays 5
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment #9 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment #3 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment #8 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 140: yeas 91, nays 0
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment #1 (Olthoff) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
3 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Dernulc
RRepublican
P
Greg Taylor
DDemocratic
P
John Bartlett
DDemocratic
Co
Brett Clark
RRepublican
Co
Cyndi Carrasco
RRepublican
Co
Julie Olthoff
RRepublican
Co
Liz Brown
RRepublican
Co
Lonnie Randolph
DDemocratic
Co
Maureen Bauer
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Bohacek
RRepublican
Co
Rodney Pol
DDemocratic
Co
Sue Glick
RRepublican
Co
Wendy McNamara
RRepublican
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