SB0030S01 | Human Trafficking, Exploitation, and Smuggling Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill concerns human labor trafficking, human trafficking for sexual exploitation, and human smuggling.

Highlighted Provisions: 

Explicitly revises offenses involving trafficking of a child — both for labor trafficking and sexual exploitation — meaning the law now more clearly encompasses a wider range of exploitative conduct involving minors. Previously existing statutes criminalized such acts, but the bill reorganizes the offenses, clarifies their scope, and removes certain defenses that could have applied.

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
SB0030S01
Year: 
2026
Status: 
Senate/ to Governor
Last Action: 
Mar 11, 2026
Sponsor
Senator
Calvin R. Musselman
Republican - District 4
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Utah PTA Resolution: 
SAF 2016-2 | Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
Impact on Children: 

Stronger legal clarity makes it harder for traffickers to evade prosecution when minors are involved. It ensures that any exploitation of a child for labor or sexual purposes is treated as a serious criminal offense.

Commission: 
Safety
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: 

That Utah PTA and its constituent associations promote and support the adoption and enforcement of laws,at all levels of government, to end the recruitment, force or involvement of a minorin conduct or violence of a sexually nature and all forms of sexual exploitation;

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities: 

To advocate for laws that further the education, physical and mental health, welfare, and safety of children and youth.

National PTA and Utah PTA Position Statements: 

That National PTA and its constituent organizations support the adoption and enforcement of laws that will deter the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of children for the purpose of exploitation; and be it further

National PTA Public Policy Agenda

Address threats to the safety and well-being of children that can happen online, such as cyberbullying, exploitation,criminal activity and violence.