SCR 3 — Directs the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary to conduct an interim study concerning human trafficking. (BDR R-121)

(ReprintedSenate withConcurrent amendmentsResolution adoptedNo. on May 31, 2025) FIRST REPRINT S.C.R.

33–Senators SENATEPazina, CONCURRENTDoñate; R ESOLUTION NO .

3–ENATORSNguyen Pand AZINA,Taylor DOÑATEFILE ;NUMBER..........

NGUYEN AND TAYLOR M ARCH 5, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Directs the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary to conduct an interim study concerning human trafficking.

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and W HEREAS , This State recognizes that increased oversight for entities or individuals that provide assistance to combat human trafficking is essential and defined standards such as investigatory standards would assist in the identification and prosecution ofofatory offenders while at the same time protecting communities and victims of human trafficking;

and W HEREAS , Establishing mandatory reporting by professionals across various sectors of this State, including, without limitation, - *SCR3_R1* – 2 – healthcare, security, hospitality, education and law enforcement, is essential for the early identification and correction of any gaps in reporting;

and W HEREAS , Convening stakeholders to study, strategize, prioritize and openly identify and implement best practices in successful anti-human trafficking frameworks from across the nation will ensure that a robust and cost-effective regulatory system - 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – exists for those involved in tracking, investigating and protecting victims of human trafficking;

now, therefore, be it R ESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE S TATE OF N EVADA , THE A SSEMBLY CONCURRINGC ONCURRING , That the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary is hereby directed to conduct an interim study concerning human trafficking during the 2025-2026 legislative interim;

The current legal and systemic processes relating to human trafficking in this State, including an in-depth assessment of the currentjustice statutory and regulatoryhuman structurewelfare perspectives;ure from both the criminal justice2. and human welfare perspectives;

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The resources, policy needs, commonalities and divergencies of interested stakeholders, including, without limitation, victims of human trafficking and other persons with lived experiences relating to human trafficking, as well as the State of Nevada Human Trafficking Coalition, the Nevada Coalition to - *SCR3_R1* – 3 – Prevent the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, the Nevada Policy Council on Human Trafficking, each local human trafficking task force and any other federal, state or local government or private or nonprofit entity involved in addressing human trafficking;

Strategic approaches for utilizing and expanding existing statutory and regulatory domestic violence frameworks to enable the - 83rd Session (2025) – 3 – State to represent the interests of victims of human trafficking in court proceedings, including a review of the Domestic Violence Prosecution Best Practice Guidelines as adopted by the Committee on Domestic Violence and approved by the Nevada District Attorneys Association;

Any other matters or topics that, in the determination of the Committee, affect the victims or outcomes of human trafficking in this State;

and be it further or outcomes of human trafficking in R ESOLVED , That the Committee, pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 218E.330, shall submit a report of the study and any recommendations for legislation to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the 84th Session of the Nevada Legislature;

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