{"id":966,"date":"2017-01-17T15:35:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T23:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/saldana\/?p=966"},"modified":"2017-01-17T15:35:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T23:35:49","slug":"bill-to-help-survivors-of-trafficking-is-first-for-new-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/alpha\/2017\/01\/17\/bill-to-help-survivors-of-trafficking-is-first-for-new-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill to help survivors of trafficking is first for new senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OLYMPIA \u2013 A bill to help survivors of trafficking and sexual exploitation was introduced to the state Senate on Tuesday by Sen. Rebecca Salda\u00f1a, D-Seattle, the first bill for the new senator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone deserves a fair chance and everyone deserves justice,\u201d Salda\u00f1a said. \u201cThis is a simple bill that can have significant and positive impacts on the lives of girls, boys, women and men who have survived trafficking and sexual exploitation. We need to seize every chance to make sure that you have the opportunity to make your own life better, regardless of what may have happened to you in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5272&amp;Year=2017\">Senate Bill 5272<\/a> allows a person to vacate a conviction for prostitution even if he or she has committed other crimes since the date of conviction, provided those crimes were the result of being a victim of a trafficking or a prostitution-related offense. This bill clarifies steps to vacate a conviction not made plain in previous legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal records, even for those who have been exploited or trafficked, can often make it difficult to find a job, rent an apartment or apply for essential services. More than a quarter of trafficking victims globally are children, and roughly 55 percent are women and girls. Data shows most individuals involved in prostitution start as teenagers, some estimates as young as 13.<\/p>\n<p>The companion bill in the House was introduced by Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines (<a href=\"http:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=1112&amp;Year=2017\">House Bill 1112<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLYMPIA \u2013 A bill to help survivors of trafficking and sexual exploitation was introduced to the state Senate on Tuesday by Sen. Rebecca Salda\u00f1a, D-Seattle, the first bill for the new senator. \u201cEveryone deserves a fair chance and everyone deserves justice,\u201d Salda\u00f1a said. \u201cThis is a simple bill that can have significant and positive impacts on the lives of girls, boys, women and men who have survived trafficking and sexual exploitation. 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