HR57: HR57 Sex Trafficking Awareness Day at the state capitol; February 11, 2025; recognize

25 LC 112 2667 House Resolution 57 By: Representatives Donatucci of the 105th, Efstration of the 104th, Silcox of the 53rd, Hilton of the 48th, Reeves of the 99th, and others A RESOLUTION Recognizing February 11, 2025, as Sex Trafficking Awareness Day at the state capitol; and1 for other purposes.2 WHEREAS, sex trafficking is a form of modern day slavery wherein people profit from the3 control and exploitation of others and is a horrific crime perp etrated against women and4 children; and5 WHEREAS, in 2023, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received more6 than 18,400 reports of possible child sex trafficking; and7 WHEREAS, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimates that 1 in 68 of the more than 28,800 cases of children reported missing in 2 023 were likely victims of9 child sex trafficking; and10 WHEREAS, the latest numbers from the United States National Human Trafficking Hotline11 indicate that 10,359 situations of human trafficking were reported in a year, involving 16,55412 individual victims; and13 H. R. 57 - 1 - 25 LC 112 2667 WHEREAS, Georgia ranks second in number of calls to the Nationa l Human Trafficking14 Hotline per capita, which shows that efforts to educate the public on signs of trafficking are15 successful and should be ongoing; and16 WHEREAS, the average age of entry into commercial sexual exploitation for minors served17 by Street Grace in Georgia is 14 years old; and18 WHEREAS, Street Grace has served minor sex trafficking victims from 80 counties in19 Georgia; and20 WHEREAS, Street Grace has provided services to more than 5,600 exploited individuals;21 and22 WHEREAS, grassroots activists will gather at the state capitol on February 11, 2025, to raise23 awareness about the need to end sex trafficking in Georgia; and24 WHEREAS, Street Grace has worked to organize and empower tens o f thousands of25 grassroots activists across the State of Georgia to end sex trafficking.26 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that27 the members of this body recognize February 11, 2025, as Sex Trafficking Awareness Day28 at the state capitol.29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized30 and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Street31 Grace.32 H. R. 57 - 2 -