Bill
S 1116
Massachusetts S.1116 reforms laws to protect trafficking survivors, expands expungement/vacatur of prostitution convictions, and redirects funds to victim services.
Note: the materials you supplied appear to contain three different bills that share the number “S.1116” but are from different jurisdictions and address different subjects. Below are concise, separate summaries of each discrete measure found in the packet.
Purpose
- Reform criminal and victim‑support laws to better protect and support survivors of sex trafficking and prostitution, and to remove criminal records tied to prostitution-related offenses when the person was a victim.
Key provisions (selected)
- New statutory definition: Adds “prostituted person” to G.L. c.4, §7 (broad, victim‑centered definition including victims of sexual servitude, sex trafficking, exchange of sex for necessities, inducement of minors, and streetwalking offenses).
- Terminology changes: Replaces the term “prostitute” with “prostituted person” in multiple sections (e.g., G.L. c.272 §4A, §7).
- Asset allocation: Amends G.L. c.265 §55 to require monies used to facilitate prostitution (that are not restitution) be transmitted monthly to the State Treasurer and allocated to the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance, then to the Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund.
- Vacatur & expungement:
- Expands grounds and procedures for vacating convictions/adjudications related to prostitution where the defendant was a trafficking victim; establishes procedures for affidavits alleging victimization and creates a rebuttable presumption in certain cases.
- Requires vacatur to result in nolle prosequi disposition and directs prompt expungement and transmission of orders to court clerks, probation, and criminal history authorities.
- Requires expungement for certain streetwalking convictions (G.L. c.276 §100K).
- Evidence and hearings: Allows courts to consider hearsay and agency documentation of trafficking status in vacatur hearings.
- Special Commission: Establishes a 21‑member special commission to review and recommend prevention, identification, and response measures for all forms of prostitution (membership and some co‑chairs described; text truncated).
Who is affected
- Survivors of sex trafficking and persons convicted of prostitution‑related offenses (record relief, vacatur, and expanded services/funding).
- Courts, probation, criminal records agencies (new expungement duties).
- State agencies receiving the redirected funds (Mass. Office for Victim Assistance, Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund).
Status
- Filed in the Massachusetts Senate (docketed 1/16/2025). Sponsors include Senator Cindy F. Friedman and others. (Text in packet is the legislative draft; some sections truncated.)
Purpose
- Change budgeting methodology for the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) so OAH costs are estimated using the Statewide Cost Allocation Plan and billed to recipient state agencies, enabling offsets to the General Fund.
Key provisions
- Amends Idaho Code §67‑3531 to require the Division of Financial Management (DFM) to prepare annual cost estimates for services provided by the Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Controller, and OAH and notify agencies by November 1.
- Repeals existing §67‑5285 and adds a new §67‑5285 requiring DFM (in conjunction with OAH) to determine annually, on or before November 1, amounts to bill state agencies for OAH services. Agencies will pay those amounts into the Indirect Cost Recovery Fund; the State Controller must transfer equal deposits to the General Fund before June 30 each fiscal year.
- Authorizes DFM to assess recipient agencies up to 100% of amounts allocated in the statewide cost allocation plan; assessed amounts require legislative appropriation to be expended.
- Declares an emergency; effective July 1, 2025.
Fiscal impact
- Fiscal note attached projects a net positive impact to the General Fund beginning FY2027. Actual amounts depend on allowable billing rates and agencies’ funding sources.
Who is affected
- Idaho state agencies that use OAH services (will be billed for OAH costs).
- Division of Financial Management, State Controller, and OAH administrative operations.
- State General Fund (receives transferred funds).
Status
- Introduced and advanced through Idaho legislative process; committee reports, readings, and (per provided actions) passage votes are recorded. Emergency effective date set for 7/1/2025.
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