SB954,,33Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a Human Trafficking Council attached to the Department of Justice. Under the bill, the council consists of the following members: the secretary or a designee of the Departments of Children and Families, Public Instruction, and Transportation; the state public defender, or his or her designee; one district attorney; one chief of police; two sheriffs; four representatives of organizations that provide human trafficking victim support services; one representative of the Office of Crime Victim Services; and one representative of the Internet Crimes Against Children task forces.
The duties of the Human Trafficking Council are to compile an inventory of human trafficking prevention programs and services and maintain an online database to share information about human trafficking; review and assess the efficacy of the expenditure of state funds for human trafficking prevention; compile and analyze data about human trafficking arrests and prosecutions; assess sex trafficking activities in each county, track averages across counties, and determine whether a county is experiencing above-average sex trafficking activities; assess the regulation and oversight of facilities that provide residential care in a congregate living environment; assess the use of social media platforms for human trafficking purposes in the state and develop recommendations on how to stop, reduce, or prevent such use; develop a state strategic plan for reducing human trafficking generally; and develop various protocols and training programs relating to human trafficking.
This bill requires any county that is determined by the Human Trafficking Council to be experiencing above-average sex trafficking activities to establish a sex trafficking task force to combat sex trafficking in that county. The bill also requires each law enforcement agency in a political subdivision with a population of 10,000 or more to designate an officer to coordinate the agency’s human trafficking prevention and enforcement efforts and requires that designated officer to complete training that must be established by the Law Enforcement Standards Board relating to human trafficking prevention and enforcement.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
SB954,,44The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB954,15Section 1. 15.257 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB954,,6615.257 (3) Human trafficking council. There is created in the department of justice a human trafficking council consisting of the following members:
SB954,,77(a) The secretary of children and families, or his or her designee.
SB954,,88(b) The secretary of public instruction, or his or her designee.
SB954,,99(c) The secretary of transportation, or his or her designee.
SB954,,1010(d) The state public defender, or his or her designee.
SB954,,1111(e) To be appointed by the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association, one district attorney holding office in this state.
SB954,,1212(f) To be appointed by the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association, one chief of police or chief of a combined protective services department holding office in this state.
SB954,,1313(g) To be appointed by the Badger State Sheriffs’ Association, one sheriff holding office in this state.
SB954,,1414(h) To be appointed by the Wisconsin Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs Association, one sheriff holding office in this state.
SB954,,1515(i) To be appointed by the attorney general, 4 representatives of organizations that provide human trafficking victim support services. The representatives appointed under this paragraph shall be from organizations that serve different geographic areas of the state, including both urban and rural communities.
SB954,,1616(j) One representative of the office of crime victim services.
SB954,,1717(k) One representative of the Internet Crimes Against Children task forces.
SB954,218Section 2. 15.257 (3) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
SB954,319Section 3. 59.54 (29) of the statutes is created to read:
SB954,,202059.54 (29) Sex trafficking task forces. In any county that is determined by the human trafficking council under s. 165.29 (4) to be experiencing above-average sex trafficking activities, the board shall establish a sex trafficking task force that includes representatives from law enforcement agencies, county departments, and local nonprofit groups. A county sex trafficking task force established under this subsection shall coordinate efforts to combat sex trafficking in that county, including identifying and investigating sex trafficking, supporting victims, and raising community awareness.
SB954,421Section 4. 59.54 (29) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
SB954,,222259.54 (29) Sex trafficking task forces. In any county that is determined by the human trafficking council under s. 165.29 (4) the department of justice under s. 165.25 (21) to be experiencing above-average sex trafficking activities, the board shall establish a sex trafficking task force that includes representatives from law enforcement agencies, county departments, and local nonprofit groups. A county sex trafficking task force established under this subsection shall coordinate efforts to combat sex trafficking in that county, including identifying and investigating sex trafficking, supporting victims, and raising community awareness.
SB954,523Section 5. 66.0511 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB954,,242466.0511 (title) Law enforcement agency agencies; certain policies on use of force and citizen complaint procedures.
SB954,625Section 6. 66.0511 (4) of the statutes is created to read: