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 SCR-112 National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. (2025-2026)

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SCR112:v95#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Senate Concurrent Resolution

 No. 112

 CHAPTER 128

Relative to National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. 

 [
 Filed with

 Secretary of State
 June 24, 2026.
 ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SCR 112, Grove.
 National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. 

This measure would recognize the month of January 2026 as National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

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 Fiscal Committee:
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WHEREAS, For more than two centuries, the United States has worked to advance the cause of freedom, serving as a beacon of hope for those who cherish liberty and opportunity and leading the fight for the dignity and inalienable rights of every person; and

WHEREAS, Classified as a felony, human trafficking is a form of modern slavery. It is a crime that involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to recruit, harbor, transport, provide, or obtain a person for the purpose of labor or sexual exploitation. As one of the most underreported crimes, it is extremely difficult to conduct accurate surveys on human trafficking; and

WHEREAS, In 2015, the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking was established by Congress. The council sits as the world’s preeminent human trafficking advisory body led by survivors of human trafficking and advises federal policymakers on antitrafficking policies; and

WHEREAS, In 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that there were 49,600,000 victims of human trafficking globally, of which 27,600,000 were in forced labor and 22,000,000 in forced marriage; and

WHEREAS, According to the ILO, of the total number of global human trafficking victims, 4,900,000 are women and girls in forced commercial sexual exploitation; and

WHEREAS, According to a United States Department of State report, racial and ethnic minority groups, the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and indigenous populations are extremely vulnerable to exploitation due to social, legal, and cultural marginalization; and

WHEREAS, Studies show that Native American women and girls are victims of human trafficking at a much higher rate compared to the overall population; and

WHEREAS, Sex traffickers and exploiters are known to target foster youth because of their unique vulnerabilities and accessibility; and

WHEREAS, According to a 2013 United States Department of Justice study examining the race of sex trafficking victims, 40.4 percent were Black, 23.9 percent were Hispanic, and 4.3 percent were Asian; and 

WHEREAS, The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s “Snapshot on the State of Black Women and Girls: Sex Trafficking in the U.S.” states that to better understand the high rates of sex trafficking among Black women and girls, research has indicated the continued sexualization of Black women and girls’ bodies, which has played out since slavery. The myths around Black women and girls’ hypersexuality and the continued treatment of Black girls as older than their age must be explored when looking at the data surrounding the prevalent rates of domestic sex trafficking of Black girls; and

WHEREAS, According to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data, the number of T-1 visa applicants filed by trafficking victims increased from 1,701 in fiscal year 2021 to 15,332 in fiscal year 2024, which is an increase of approximately 800 percent. This statistic reinforces the claim that immigrants are at high risk for labor exploitation and trafficking by bad actors who weaponize their immigration status against them; and

WHEREAS, The Department of Homeland Security has made more than 2,500 arrests relating to trafficking in 2024 alone; and

WHEREAS, In 2024, the National Human Trafficking Hotline stated that there were 1,733 cases of human trafficking documented in California, and, in 2024 alone, federal courts found these cases involved 3,603 victims; and

WHEREAS, Recent research supported by the National Institute of Justice reveals that labor and sex trafficking data appearing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s national Uniform Crime Reporting Program may significantly understate the e