U.S. Human Trafficking Statistics & Laws by State

Human trafficking in the first degree
(AL Code § 13A-6-152)

Human trafficking in the first degree
(AL Code § 13A-6-153)

Class A felony

Class B felony

Human trafficking in the first degree
(AK Stat § 11.41.360)

Human trafficking in the second degree
(AK Stat § 11.41.365)

Prostitution (AK Stat § 11.66.100)

Promoting prostitution in the first degree
(AK Stat § 11.66.110)

Promoting prostitution in the second degree
(AK Stat § 11.66.120)

Promoting prostitution in the third degree
(AK Stat § 11.66.130)

Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree
(AK Stat § 11.66.135)

Class A felony

Class B felony

Class B misdemeanor

Class A felony

Class B felony

Class C felony

Class A misdemeanor

Unlawfully obtaining labor or services
(AZ Rev Stat § 13-1306)

Sex trafficking (AZ Rev Stat § 13-1307)

Trafficking of persons for forced labor or services (AZ Rev Stat § 13-1308)

Class 4 felony

Class 2 felony

Class 2 felony

Trafficking of persons (AR Code § 5-18-103)

Patronizing a victim of human trafficking
(AR Code § 5-18-104)

Class A felony
(Class Y felony if the victim was a minor)

Class B felony
(Class A felony if the victim was a minor)

False Imprisonment and Human Trafficking (Penal Code Section 236.1)

Human trafficking for involuntary servitude – human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude (CO Rev Stat § 18-3-503)

Human trafficking for sexual servitude – human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude
(CO Rev Stat § 18-3-504)

Class 3 felony
(Class 2 felony for a minor)

Class 3 felony
(Class 2 felony for a minor)

Trafficking in persons (CGS § 53a-192a)

Class A felony

Trafficking an individual, forced labor and sexual servitude (11 Del. C. 1953, § 787)

(b) Prohibited activities.
(1) Trafficking an individual

(2) Forced labor

(3) Sexual servitude

(4) Patronizing a victim of sexual servitude

(5) Trafficking of persons for use of body parts

Class C felony
(Class B felony for a minor)

Class C felony
(Class B felony for a minor)

Class C felony
(Class B felony for a minor)

Class D felony
(Class C felony for a minor)

Class A felony

Human trafficking
(Florida Statute 787.06)

For commercial sexual activity in which any child under the age of 18, or in which any person who is mentally defective or mentally incapacitated as those terms are defined in s. 794.011(1)

First-degree felony

Life felony

Trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude (O.C.G.A. 16-5-46)

Felony
At least 1 to 20 years prison time (or at least 10 to 20 years for crimes against a minor)

Sex trafficking (HI Rev Stat § 712-1202)

Class A felony

Human trafficking (ID Code § 18-8603)

Up to 25 years in prison (unless a more severe penalty is otherwise prescribed by law)

Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude (720 ILCS 5/Art. 10A)

(a) Involuntary servitude

(1) by causing or threatening to cause physical harm to any person

(2) by physically restraining or threatening to physically restrain another person

(3) by abusing or threatening to abuse the law or legal process

(4) by knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating or possessing any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document, of another person

(5) by using intimidation, or using or threatening to cause financial harm to or by exerting financial control over any person, is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

(b) Involuntary servitude of a minor

(1) In cases involving a minor between the ages of 17 and 18 years, not involving overt force or threat

(2) In cases in which the minor had not attained the age of 17 years, not involving overt force or threat

(3) In cases in which the violation involved overt force or threat

(c) Trafficking of persons for forced labor or services

Class X felony

Class 1 felony

Class 2 felony

Class 3 felony

Class 4 felony

Class 1 felony

Class X felony

Class X felony

Class 1 felony

Promotion of human labor trafficking
(IC 35-42-3.5-1)

Promotion of human sexual trafficking
(IC 35-42-3.5-1.1)

Promotion of child sexual trafficking; promotion of sexual trafficking of a younger child
(IC 35-42-3.5-1.2)

Child sexual trafficking (IC 35-42-3.5-1.3)

Human trafficking (IC 35-42-3.5-1.4)

Level 4 felony

Level 4 felony

Level 3 felony

Level 2 felony

Level 5 felony

Human trafficking (IA Code § 710A.2)

Class D felony (Class C felony if the victim is under 18)

Human trafficking; aggravated human trafficking (KS Stat § 21-5426)

Severity level 2, person felony (Aggravated human trafficking is a severity level 1, person felony)

Human trafficking (KY Rev Stat § 529.100)

Promoting human trafficking (KY Rev Stat § 529.110)

Class C felony (Class B felony for “serious physical injury to a trafficked person”)

Class D felony
(Class C felony for minor victims)

Human trafficking
(LA Rev Stat § 14:46.2)

Trafficking of children for sexual purposes
(LA Rev Stat § 14:46.3)

Up to a $50,000 fine, 50 years in prison, or both (Up to a $25,000 fine, 25 years in prison, or both, for child trafficking)

Up to a $100,000 fine and life in prison

Aggravated sex trafficking
(17-A ME Rev Stat § 852)

Sex Trafficking (17-A ME Rev Stat § 853)

Patronizing prostitution of minor or person with mental disability (17-A ME Rev Stat § 855)

Class B crime

Class C crime

Class D or C crime

Human trafficking (§ 11-303)

Misdemeanor (Up to a $5,000 fine or 10 years in prison, or both)

Crimes involving a minor (Up to a $15,000 fine or 25 years in prison, or both)

Trafficking of persons for sexual servitude; trafficking of persons under 18 years for sexual servitude; trafficking by business entities; penalties; tort actions brought by victims (MA Gen L, Part IV, Title I, Ch. 265, Section 50)

Trafficking of persons for forced service; victims under 18 years; trafficking by business entities; penalties; tort actions brought by victims (MA Gen L, Part IV, Title I, Ch. 265, Section 51)

Up to a $25,000 fine and 20 years in prison

Up to a $25,000 fine and life in prison

Selling travel services to facilitate prostitution or human trafficking in other jurisdictions
(M.C.L. 750.459(2)(3))

Human trafficking violation (M.C.L. 750.462f(1)(a))

Human trafficking violation resulting in bodily injury (M.C.L. 750.462f(1)(b))

Human trafficking violation resulting in serious bodily injury (M.C.L. 750.462f(1)(c))

Human trafficking violation involving death or the commission of certain felonies
(M.C.L. 750.462f(1)(d))

Obtaining a minor for commercial sexual activity or for forced labor or services (M.C.L. 750.462f(2)

Attempting, conspiring, or soliciting another to violate human trafficking laws (M.C.L. 750.462f(3)

Class E felony
(Class D felony if it involves a minor)

Class D felony

Class D felony

Class B felony

Class A felony

Class B felony

Varies

Labor trafficking (609.282)

Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of labor or sex trafficking (609.283)

Solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution; sex trafficking (609.322)

First degree

Second degree

Up to a $40,000 fine or 20 years in prison, or both

Up to a $20,000 fine or 10 years in prison, or both

Up to a $50,000 fine or 20 years in prison, or both (Up to a $60,000 fine or 25 years in prison, or both, for an offense involving a minor)

Up to a $40,000 fine or 15 years in prison, or both

Anti-Human Trafficking Act; prohibited conduct; penalty (MS Code § 97-3-54.1)

Anti-Human Trafficking Act; destruction, concealment, or confiscation of passport or other immigration document for purpose of preventing person’s freedom of movement or ability to travel; penalties (MS Code § 97-3-54.2)

Up to 30 years in prison

Up to 5 years in prison

Abusing an individual through forced labor — penalty (MO Stat § 566.203)

Trafficking for the purpose of slavery, involuntary servitude, peonage, or forced labor — penalty (MO Stat § 566.206)

Trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation — penalty (MO Stat § 566.209)

Sexual trafficking of a child, first degree, penalty (MO Stat § 566.210)

Sexual trafficking of a child, second degree, penalty (MO Stat § 566.211)

Contributing to human trafficking through the misuse of documentation, penalty
(MO Stat § 566.215)

Up to a $250,00 fine or 20 years in prison, or both

Up to a $250,00 fine or 20 years in prison, or both

Up to a $250,00 fine or 20 years in prison, or both

25 years to life in prison

Up to a $250,00 fine or 10 years to life in prison, or both

Class E felony

Trafficking of persons (45-5-702)

Involuntary servitude (45-5-703)

Sexual servitude (45-5-704)

Patronizing victim of sexual servitude (45-5-705)

Up to a $50,00 fine or 15 years to life in prison, or both (Up to a $100,00 fine or 50 years in prison, or both, if the offense involved a minor)

Up to a $50,00 fine or 15 years to life in prison, or both (Up to a $100,00 fine or 50 years in prison, or both, if the offense involved a minor)

Up to a $50,00 fine or 15 years to life in prison, or both

Up to a $50,00 fine or 15 years to life in prison, or both

Human trafficking; labor trafficking or sex trafficking; labor trafficking of a minor or sex trafficking of a minor; prohibited acts; penalties (28-831)

Labor trafficking of a minor or sex trafficking of a minor

Labor trafficking or sex trafficking

Any person, other than a trafficking victim, who knowingly benefits from or participates in a venture which has, as part of the venture, an act that is in violation of this section

Class IB felony

Class II felony

Class IIA felony

Pandering and sex trafficking: Definitions; penalties; exception (NRS 201.300)

Facilitating sex trafficking; penalty (NRS 201.301)

Category B felony
(Category A felony for minors)

Category B felony

Peonage (633:7)

Trafficking in Persons (633:7)

Class A misdemeanor

Class A felony

Human trafficking (2C:13-8)

First-degree felony

Sexual exploitation of children by prostitution (NM ST § 30-6A-4)

Receiving any pecuniary profit as a result of a child age 14-16 engaging in a prohibited sexual act with another

Receiving any pecuniary profit as a result of a child under the age of 13 engaging in a prohibited sexual act with another

Knowingly hiring or offering to hire a child under the age of 16 to engage in any prohibited sexual act is guilty of a second degree felony.

Any parent, legal guardian or person having custody or control of a child under 16 years of age who knowingly permits that child to engage in or to assist any other person to engage in any prohibited sexual act or simulation of such an act for the purpose of producing any visual or print medium depicting such an act

Human trafficking (NM ST § 30-52-1)

Second-degree felony

Third-degree felony

Second-degree felony

Third-degree felony

Third-degree felony

Sex trafficking (Section 230.34)

Sex trafficking of a child (Section 230.34-a)

Class B felony

Class B felony

Human trafficking (14-43.11)

Involuntary servitude (§ 14-43.12)

Sexual servitude (§ 14-43.13)

Unlawful sale, surrender, or purchase of a minor (§ 14-43.14)

Class C felony
(Class B2 felony if the victim is a minor)

Class F felony
(Class C felony if the victim is a minor)

Class D felony
(Class C felony if the victim is a minor)

Class F felony

Trafficking an individual (12.1-41-02)

Forced labor (12.1-41-03)

Sexual servitude (12.1-41-04)

Patronizing a victim of sexual servitude
(12.1-41-05)

Patronizing a minor for commercial sexual activity (12.1-41-06)

Class A felony
(Class AA felony if the victim is a minor)

Class A felony
(Class AA felony if the victim is a minor)

Class A felony
(Class AA felony if the victim is a minor)

Class B felony
(Class A felony if the victim is a minor)

Class A or B felony

Trafficking in persons (2905.32)

First-degree felony

Human Trafficking – Definitions – Prohibited Acts – Punishment – Affirmative Defense (21 O.S. § 748)

Up to a $100,000 fine or 5 years to life in prison, or both

(Up to a $250,000 fine or 15 years to life in prison, or both, if the victim is a minor)

Subjecting another person to involuntary servitude in the second degree (ORS 163.263)

Subjecting another person to involuntary servitude in the first degree (ORS 163.264)

Trafficking in persons (ORS 163.266)

Class C felony

Class B felony

Class B felony
(Class A felony if the victim is a minor)

Trafficking in individuals (§ 3011)

Involuntary servitude (§ 3012)

Patronizing a victim of sexual servitude (§ 3013)

Unlawful conduct regarding documents (§ 3013)

First-degree felony

First-degree felony

First-degree felony

Third-degree felony

Trafficking an individual (§ 11-67.1-3)
Forced labor (§ 11-67.1-4)
Sexual servitude (§ 11-67.1-5)

Patronizing a victim of sexual servitude
(§ 11-67.1-6)

Patronizing a minor for commercial sexual activity (§ 11-67.1-7)

Up to a $20,000 fine or 20 years in prison, or both (Up to a $40,000 fine or 50 years in prison, or both, if the victim is a minor)

Up to a $10,000 fine or 10 years in prison, or both (Up to a $20,000 fine or 20 years in prison, or both, if the victim is a minor)

Up to a $20,000 fine or 10 years in prison, or both

Trafficking in persons; penalties; minor victims; defenses (§ 16-3-2020)

Unlawful disclosure; trespassing notice; unlawful entrance or presence on grounds of domestic violence or trafficking shelter; exceptions; penalties (§ 16-3-2080)

First offense
Up to 15 years in prison

Second offense
Up to 30 years in prison

Third offense or more
Up to 45 years in prison

First offense against a minor
Up to 30 years in prison

Second offense or more against a minor
Up to 45 years in prison

Up to a $3,000 fine or 3 years in prison, or both

First degree human trafficking–Felony–Attempt against minor (§ 22-49-2)

Second degree human trafficking–Felony
(§ 22-49-3)

Hiring person forced to engage in sexual activity–Felony (§ 22-49-4)

Class 2 felony

Class 4 felony

Class 6 felony

Involuntary labor servitude
(Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-307)

Trafficking for forced labor or services
(Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-308)

Trafficking for commercial sex act
(Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-309)

Promoting the prostitution of a minor
(Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-512)

Class C felony
(Class B felony if the victim is under 13)

Class C felony

Class B felony
(Class A felony if the victim is under 15)

Class E or D felony

Trafficking of persons (Sec. 20A.02)

Continuous trafficking of persons (Sec. 20A.03)

Second-degree felony
(First-degree felony if the victim was a minor)

First-degree felony

Human trafficking of a child — Penalties
(§ 76-5-308.5)

Human trafficking and human smuggling — Penalties (§ 76-5-309)

Aggravated human trafficking and aggravated human smuggling — Penalties (§ 76-5-310)

Human trafficking of a vulnerable adult — Penalties (§ 76-5-311)

First-degree felony

Second-degree felony

First or second-degree felony

First-degree felony

Human trafficking (13 V.S.A. § 2652)

Aggravated human trafficking (13 V.S.A. § 2653)

Patronizing or facilitating human trafficking
(13 V.S.A. § 2654)

Solicitation (13 V.S.A. § 2654)

Up to a $500,000 fine or life in prison, or both

Up to a $100,000 fine or life in prison, or both

Up to a $100,000 fine or 5 years in prison, or both

Up to a $100,000 fine or 5 years in prison, or both

Commercial sex trafficking; penalties (§ 18.2-347.1)

Taking, detaining, etc., person for prostitution, etc., or consenting thereto; human trafficking
(§ 18.2-355)

Class 5 felony
(Class 3 felony if the victim is a minor)

Class 4 felony

Trafficking (RCW 9A.40.100)

Coercion of involuntary servitude (RCW 9A.40.110)

Class A felony

Class C felony

Human trafficking of an individual; penalties (§61-14-2)

Use of forced labor; penalties (§61-14-3)

Use of persons in debt bondage; penalties
(§61-14-4)

Sexual servitude; penalties (§61-14-5)

Patronizing a victim of sexual servitude; penalties (§61-14-6)

Up to a $200,000 fine or 15 years in prison, or both (Up to a $300,000 fine or 20 years in prison, or both, if the victim was a minor)

Up to a $100,000 fine or 5 years in prison, or both (Up to a $300,000 fine or 15 years in prison, or both, if the victim was a minor)

Up to a $100,000 fine or 5 years in prison, or both (Up to a $300,000 fine or 15 years in prison, or both, if the victim was a minor)

Up to a $200,000 fine or 15 years in prison, or both (Up to a $300,000 fine or 20 years in prison, or both, if the victim was a minor)

Up to a $100,000 fine or 5 years in prison, or both (Up to a $300,000 fine or 15 years in prison, or both, if the victim was a minor)

Human trafficking (Section 940.302)

Class D or F felony

Human trafficking in the first degree; penalty
(6-2-702)

Human trafficking in the second degree; penalty
(6-2-703)

Forced labor or servitude; penalty (6-2-704)

Sexual servitude of adult (6-2-705)

Sexual servitude of a minor (6-2-706)

Patronizing a victim of sexual servitude (6-2-707)

Up to a $10,000 fine or 50 years in prison, or both

Up to a $10,000 fine or 20 years in prison, or both

Up to a $10,000 fine or 15 years in prison, or both

Up to a $3,000 fine or 3 years in prison, or both

Up to a $5,000 fine or 5 years in prison, or both

Up to a $5,000 fine or 3 years in prison, or both