It’s not a sex trafficking bill — but it sure comes close. House Bill 240, which makes prostitutes eligible for witness protection and toughens Hawai‘i’s prostitution laws, cleared a major hurdle Thursday and could well be headed to the governor’s
It’s not a sex trafficking bill — but it sure comes close.
House Bill 240, which makes prostitutes eligible for witness protection and toughens Hawai‘i’s prostitution laws, cleared a major hurdle Thursday and could well be headed to the governor’s desk.
On Wednesday, the bill, which proposes doubling jail time for pimps and upping a repeat offense by johns from a misdemeanor to a felony, appeared to have stalled with lawmakers unable to agree on some wording.
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