Human Trafficking Legislation
We were thankful to have Hassan Beydoun as a guest speaker at our Freedom Coalition meeting in February. Hassan is the Senior Advisor and Counsel for the City of Detroit Mayor, a Commissioner on the Michigan Human Trafficking Commission and has provided counsel to the Michigan House since 2013. He gave us a detailed explanation of the current package of bills in the Michigan House Judiciary Committee and how we can be active advocates right now!
Click the button below to watch the meeting…
CALL TO ACTION:
As of today (Feb 23, 2022), the bipartisan package of bills that were recommended by the Michigan Human Trafficking Commission are awaiting approval in the House Judiciary Committee. We would like to see them move out of the Judiciary Committee and into a vote as soon as possible!
Bills included in the human trafficking package are HB 4091 through HB 4113, HB 4214, and HB 4215. Each of these can be reviewed by searching the bill number on the Legislature’s website, or click here to read the full article from the Department of the Attorney General.
In summary, the bills fall under 4 main categories:
- Strengthening Tools to hold Traffickers Accountable,
- Expanding Protections for Victims of Trafficking,
- New Commercial Sexual Activity Statute, and
- Expanding Training Standards
Below is the list of the Representatives who sit on the Judiciary Committee. We encourage you to reach out to the committee members and let them know how you feel about these bills and urge them to move the bills forward to a vote!
Representatives on the Judiciary Committee
- Rep. Graham Filler (Republican) District-93 Phone: (517) 373-1778 Email: GrahamFiller@house.mi.gov
- Rep. Mike Mueller (Republican) District-51 Phone: (517) 373-1780 Email: MikeMueller@house.mi.gov
- Rep. David LaGrand (Democrat) District-75 Phone: (517) 373-2668 Email: davidlagrand@house.mi.gov
- Rep. Beth Griffin (Republican) District-66 Phone: (517) 373-0839 Email: BethGriffin@house.mi.gov
- Rep. Steven Johnson (Republican) District-72 Phone: (517) 373-0840 Email: StevenJohnson@house.mi.gov
- Rep. Bronna Kahle (Republican) District-57 Phone: (517) 373-1706 Email: BronnaKahle@house.mi.gov
- Rep. Daire Rendon (Republican) District-103 Phone: (517) 373-3817 Email: DaireRendon@house.mi.gov
- Rep. Ryan Berman (Republican) District-39 Phone: (517) 373-1799 Email: RyanBerman@house.mi.gov
- Rep. TC Clements (Republican) District-56 Phone: (517) 373-2617 Email: TCClements@house.mi.gov
- Rep. Tenisha Yancey (Democrat) District-1 Phone: (517) 373-0154 Email: tenishayancey@house.mi.gov
- Rep. Kyra Bolden (Democrat) District-35 Phone: (517) 373-1788 Email: kyrabolden@house.mi.gov
- Rep. Kara Hope (Democrat) District-67 Phone: (517) 373-0587 Email: karahope@house.mi.gov
- Rep. Kelly Breen (Democrat) District-38 Phone: (517) 373-0827 Email: KellyBreen@house.mi.gov
Easy to copy:
GrahamFiller@house.mi.gov; MikeMueller@house.mi.gov; davidlagrand@house.mi.gov; BethGriffin@house.mi.gov; StevenJohnson@house.mi.gov; BronnaKahle@house.mi.gov; DaireRendon@house.mi.gov; RyanBerman@house.mi.gov; TCClements@house.mi.gov; tenishayancey@house.mi.gov; kyrabolden@house.mi.gov; karahope@house.mi.gov; KellyBreen@house.mi.gov
