Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 18-8608 - HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILDA person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older commits the felony of human sex trafficking of a child if the person:
(1) Traffics a child and knowingly, by any means, causes or attempts to cause the trafficked person to engage in or become the victim of:(a) Commercial sexual activity;(b) A sexually explicit performance; or(c) Conduct prohibited by:(i) Section 18-924 (sexual battery);(ii) Section 18-925 (aggravated sexual battery);(iii) Section 18-1601 (rape);(iv) Section 18-1506 (sexual abuse of a child under sixteen years);(v) Section 18-1507 (sexual exploitation of a child);(vi) Section 18-1507A (sexual exploitation of a child by electronic means);(vii) Section 18-1508 (lewd conduct with a minor child under sixteen);(viii) Section 18-1508A (sexual battery of a minor child sixteen or seventeen years of age);(ix) Section 18-5602 (procurement);(x) Section 18-5603 (receiving pay for procurement);(xi) Section 18-5604 (paying for procurement);(xii) Section 18-5605 (detention for commercial sexual activity);(xiii) Section 18-5606 (receiving proceeds of illegal sexual activity);(xiv) Section 18-5608 (place of commercial sexual activity);(xv) Section 18-5609 (inducing a child into commercial sexual activity);(xvi) Section 18-5610 (utilizing a child for commercial sexual activity);(xvii) Section 18-5611 (inducing a child to engage in commercial sexual activity);(xviii) Section 18-5613 (providing commercial sexual activity);(xix) Section 18-5614 (soliciting commercial sexual activity);(xx) Section 18-6601 (incest);(xxi) Section 18-6602 (sexual abuse of an animal);(xxii) Section 18-6603 (sexual abuse of human remains); or(xxiii) Section 18-6604 (forcible penetration by use of a foreign object);(2) Engages in sexual contact with a child being trafficked in the manner described in subsection (1) of this section; or(3) Receives any benefit from participating in a venture knowing that the venture involves an activity described in subsection (1) of this section.Added by 2024 Session Laws, ch. 147,sec. 29, eff. 7/1/2024.