S 3946Expands criminal and civil penalties for human trafficking, and expands human trafficking training requirements for law enforcement. *

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This version removes extensive provisions across multiple areas of the human trafficking enforcement framework. The changes eliminate the detailed structure of county and state Human Trafficking Response Teams, including their composition and training requirements, along with a $750,000 appropriation for these teams. Mandatory training requirements for hotel/motel staff, healthcare facility employees, judges, and judicial personnel are removed, as is a $250,000 appropriation for training program development. The bill removes civil action provisions allowing victims to sue offenders and beneficiaries, eliminates detailed restitution calculation methods, and removes minimum fine requirements ($25,000 for first-degree convictions, $15,000 for related offenses). Requirements for anti-trafficking educational messages in employment and dating advertisements are deleted, along with associated penalties of at least $250,000 per violation. The changes also remove provisions allowing wiretap authorization for stalking and cyber-harassment offenses, eliminate enhanced statute of limitations for certain offenses against victims under 18, and delete detailed property forfeiture procedures specific to human trafficking cases. These removals appear to be part of a substantial restructuring of the bill's enforcement and support mechanisms.