Amendment H-1137 to HF 649
Relating to human trafficking including services and prostitution, and making penalties applicable
Adopted · March 20, 2025
Filed March 19, 2025 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds a rule that purchasing sexual services from a law enforcement officer or agent posing as a victim is considered human trafficking. It also expands the definition of a victim to include anyone identified as being targeted for human trafficking or a law enforcement officer posing as a victim or target.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: “Section
- Section 710A.1, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: b. “Human trafficking” also means knowingly purchasing or attempting to purchase services involving commercial sexual activity from a victim or another person engaged in human trafficking , or from a law enforcement officer or agent posing as a person engaged in human trafficking .”
- Page 1, line 1, by striking “subsection 10, Code 2025, is” and inserting “subsections 10 and 13, Code 2025, are”
- Page 1, after line 7 by inserting: “
- “Victim” means a person subjected to human trafficking. any of the following: a. A person subjected to human trafficking. b. A person who is identified as being subjected to or targeted for human trafficking. c. A law enforcement officer or agent posing as a person subjected to or a target for human trafficking.”
- Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting “An Act relating to human trafficking including law enforcement intervention, victims, and services, and making penalties applicable.”
- By renumbering as necessary.