- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRBa1099/1LRB-5359/1 MIMMJW&MIM:cjs/wlj/skw &ASSEMBLY MJW:klmBILL ASSEMBLY973 AMENDMENTJanuary 1,18, TO2024 ASSEMBLY- BILLIntroduced 973by FebruaryRepresentatiUNDRUM 5,, 2024TUBBS, -.ANDERSON Offered, B ALDEH, B EHNKE, BRANDTJEN , CALLAHAN, C ONLEY, CONSIDINE, EDMING , E MERSON, H URD, KITCHENS, KRUG, M AXEY, MURPHY, M URSAU, O'CONNOR , S CHRAA, UBECK and W ICHGERS, cosponsored by RepresentativeUNDRUMSenatorsNODL ., ALLWEG , T AYLOR, ESTINandW IRCH.

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A N A CT to renumber and amend 50.035 (1);

and to create 50.035 (1) (c) and 103.155 of the statutes;

relating to:

mandatory training regarding human trafficking for employees of community-based residential facilities and owners of certain entities and certain other employees and granting rule-making authority.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires any employee of a community-based residential facility who has regular, direct contact with facility residents to receive training on identifying and preventing human trafficking crimes within 60 days after starting employment and at least every two years thereafter.

The bill also requires employers to provide, within 60 days of an employee's hire and at least every two years thereafter, training on identifying and preventing human trafficking crimes to employees who are likely to interact with the public and vulnerable individuals.

Under the bill, the training must be provided, at a minimum, to private security officers, hotel and motel owners and managers, public transit managers, and adult entertainment establishment owners and managers.

Also under the bill, except with respect to individuals who are required by law to report suspected human trafficking, a failure to report a case of human trafficking does not automatically subject an owner or employee to liability to the human trafficking victim or to any other party.

- 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5359/1 MJW&MIM:cjs/wlj/skw ASSEMBLY BILL 973 For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

50.035 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 50.035 (1) (a) and amended to read:

50.035 (1) (a) Each employee of a community-based residential facility shall, within 90 days after the beginning date of employment, receive basic first aid training and other safety training.

The department shall indicate acceptable sources from which facility employees may receive this training.

The department shall also develop instructional materials for use by facilities concerning acceptable methods of operation and procedures for protecting and serving the needs of facility residents.

The department may require that all facility employees complete a program involving these materials and may sell the materials to facilities at cost.

In addition, each facility employee (b) Each employee of a community-based residential facility shall, within 90 days after the beginning date of employment, receive training in fire prevention and control and evacuation techniques.

Each facility shall coordinate its training in fire prevention and control and evacuation techniques with the local fire department.

SECTION 2.

50.035 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

50.035(1) (c) Each employee of a community-based residential facility who has regular, direct contact with facility residents shall, within 60 days after the beginning date of employment and at least every 2 years thereafter, receive training on identifying and preventing human trafficking crimes, as defined in s.

165.505 (1) LRB-5359/1 - 2024 Legislature - 3 - MJW&MIM:cjs/wlj/skw S ECTION 2 ASSEMBLY BILL 973 (am).

The training required under this paragraph shall include at least all of the following:

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deletEFINITION.In this section “human" and substitute “DEFINITIONS.In this section:

(a) “Campground" means a parcel or tract of land owned by a person, the state, or a local government that is designed, maintained, intended, or used for the purpose of providing campsites, offered with or without charge, for temporary overnight sleeping accommodations.

(b) “Entity principal” means the owner of a lodging establishment or the main contact designated by the owner or organization to represent the owner.

(c) “Human".

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LRBa1099/1103.155 -of 2024the Legislaturestatutes -is 2created -to MIMread: & MJW:klm “(d) “Lodging establishment” means any of the following:

103.155 Mandatory training regarding human trafficking.

(1) DEFINITION.In this section “human trafficking crimes” has the meaning given in s.

165.505 (1) (am).

(2) TRAINING.

(a) Each employer shall provide training regarding identifying and preventing human trafficking crimes to employees who are likely to interact with the public and vulnerable individuals, as determined by the department.