An act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to human trafficking and exploitation prevention and awareness education for students at public schools and tribal sc, the official text

Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
SENATE BILL NO. 2330 (Senators Boehm, Myrdal, Paulson) (Representatives McLeod, S. Olson, Rohr)
AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to human trafficking and exploitation prevention and awareness education for students at public schools and tribal schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15.1-09 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and
enacted as follows: Human trafficking and exploitation prevention and awareness education. 1. The board of a school district and the governing board of a school operated by a tribal government shall: a. Adopt a policy regarding human trafficking and exploitation prevention and awareness education for students and faculty. As used in this section, "human trafficking" includes sex trafficking. b. Require schoolwide education addressing human trafficking and exploitation prevention and awareness for all students in grades six, ten, and twelve. c. Offer to parents and legal guardians optional workshops or materials or both to support the education of the child of the parent or legal guardian on personal safety and grooming prevention. 2. The education under this section: a. May be provided by a nonprofit organization specializing in outreach and education on human trafficking and exploitation. b. Must be developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, and use best practices. c. Must be provided annually to students. d. May include: (1) Definitions and the nature of human trafficking and exploitation; (2) State laws regarding human trafficking and exploitation; (3) Facts and statistics regarding human trafficking and exploitation in the state and across the United States; (4) The victim profiling tactics of human traffickers; (5) The role of online computer activity and pornography; (6) Methods to identify a potential victim and actions to take following identification of a victim; (7) Information regarding:

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(a) Force, fraud, and coercion; (b) Grooming; (c) The complexities of abuse, indoctrination, and manipulation; (d) The traits of a human trafficking victim; (e) The difference between human trafficking and prostitution; and (f) How human trafficking and exploitation demand is created and which
industries influence human trafficking and exploitation; and (8) Actionable steps to take against human trafficking and exploitation, including
reporting information to the proper authorities.

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____________________________ President of the Senate

____________________________ Speaker of the House

____________________________ Secretary of the Senate

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

This certifies that the within bill originated in the Senate of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as Senate Bill No. 2330.

Senate Vote: House Vote:

Yeas 47 Yeas 90

Nays 0 Nays 3

Absent 0 Absent 1

____________________________ Secretary of the Senate
Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.

____________________________ Governor
Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M.

____________________________ Secretary of State