North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S1007: Human Trafficking Omnibus.
Status: Introduced, June 2, 2026
What the bill says
An act directing the human trafficking commission to contract with a vendor to develop and implement a reporting and response system to use for identifying and reporting suspected human trafficking; to impose an excise tax on certain prurient materials; to correct the exceptions listed to the prohibition on the viewing of pornography on government networks and devices; to clarify that third-party contractors are responsible for ensuring their employees receive certain human trafficking awareness training…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT DIRECTING THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMISSION TO CONTRACT WITH A VENDOR TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A REPORTING AND RESPONSE SYSTEM TO USE FOR IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO IMPOSE AN EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN PRURIENT MATERIALS; TO CORRECT THE EXCEPTIONS LISTED TO THE PROHIBITION ON THE VIEWING OF PORNOGRAPHY ON GOVERNMENT NETWORKS AND DEVICES; TO CLARIFY THAT THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THEIR EMPLOYEES RECEIVE CERTAIN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TRAINING; AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ALLOCATE TO THE CLEVELAND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR COSTS RELATED TO ITS TASK FORCE TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING AND RESPONSE SYSTEM SECTION 1.(a) This section shall be known as "The Human Trafficking Identification and Reporting Act." SECTION 1.(b) The General Assembly finds all of the following: (1) Human trafficking is a pervasive crime that often goes undetected. National statistics indicate that hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked in the United States each year, yet the vast majority are never identified. Existing reporting systems, including the National Human Trafficking Hotline, are critical but rely primarily on phone calls or text messages, which many witnesses or victims are unable or unwilling to make. (2) …
Sponsors
- Alexander, W. Ted (R, 44) · primary sponsor