Summary — HB 5852 (2024-2025): Amend Human Trafficking Notification Act (MCL 752.1033)
Status: Referred to Committee on Government Operations (most recent referral Jan 22, 2025 noted); Passed by the Michigan House Dec 11, 2024 (56–53). Introduced June 25, 2024 by Rep. Pat Outman. Amends: 2016 PA 62, section 3 (MCL 752.1033). Enactment effective 90 days after becoming law, but conditioned on enactment of companion bill(s) (e.g., HB 5841).
Purpose
- Require posting of human-trafficking notices in additional public places and to clarify which private properties must post notices, consistent with contemporaneous statutory changes renaming “prostitution” to “commercial sexual activity.”
Key provisions
- Requires the Department of Transportation to post a human-trafficking notice at each state rest stop and welcome facility.
- Requires each local unit of government operating a rest stop or welcome facility to post the notice on those premises.
- Requires local units or authorities that provide bus or rail transportation to post the notice at stations serving the public.
- Expands mandatory posting to the following premises (to be posted “in the manner described in this act and as required by the department”):
- Any entity that owns property that a court has found to be a public nuisance because of prostitution, commercial sexual activity, or human trafficking occurring on or arising from the property.
- Adult entertainment establishments.
- Public airports.
- The bill updates statutory cross-references to align with other bills in the package that replace the term “prostitution” with the broader term “commercial sexual activity” (see companion HB 5841).
Who is affected
- State agencies: Michigan Department of Transportation (implementation and oversight for rest stops/welcome facilities).
- Local governments and transit authorities: those operating rest stops, welcome centers, bus and rail stations.
- Private entities: owners of properties declared public nuisances for prostitution/commercial sexual activity or human trafficking; adult entertainment businesses; airport authorities.
- General public: increased exposure to human-trafficking informational notices at more transportation and adult-entertainment venues.
Procedural/timeline notes
- Bill amends section 3 of the Human Trafficking Notification Act (2016 PA 62).
- Effective date clause: takes effect 90 days after enactment, but the act does not take effect unless companion legislation (notably HB 5841 or a Senate bill counterpart) is also enacted.
- House passage occurred Dec 11, 2024; subsequent referrals to committees (Government Operations; Joint Committee on Education noted) and further legislative action remain pending.
Potential impacts and considerations
- Expands locations required to display trafficking notices, potentially increasing public awareness and reporting of human-trafficking indicators.
- Places a compliance obligation on additional public and private premises; implementation details (notice format, placement, languages) are subject to Department of Transportation requirements under the act.
- The bill’s effectiveness depends on enactment of related statutory changes (terminology and scope) in companion legislation.
