HB 26-1082

The "Children Are Not for Sale Act" makes it a very serious crime to trade items of value in exchange for sexual activity with a minor who is being trafficked. This bill increases the punishment for such actions from a severe felony to an even more severe felony, requiring life imprisonment without parole for those convicted. It affects anyone involved in trafficking minors for sexual exploitation. Since the bill has been signed into law, it is now enforceable by Colorado's legal system.

Official Summary

The bill adds trading anything of monetary value to buy or sell sexual activity with a minor who the person knows is being trafficked for sexual servitude as an act of human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude. The bill changes the penalty of human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude from a class 2 felony to a class 1 felony and requires the court to sentence a person convicted of the felony to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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