SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING JANUARY OF 2026, AS RHODE ISLAND SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, the official text

S2071 2026 -- S 2071 ======== LC003280 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N COMMEMORATING JANUARY OF 2026, AS RHODE ISLAND SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND Introduced By: Senators E Morgan, Bissaillon, Dimitri, Appollonio, LaMountain, Acosta, de la Cruz, Famiglietti, Lauria, and Gu Date Introduced: January 15, 2026 Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration 1 WHEREAS, Human trafficking, as recognized and defined by the United Nations in the 2 Trafficking Protocol is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of 3 persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of 4 deception,…for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation can include forced prostitution and 5 other forms of sexual exploitation as well as forced labor. Women and children are particularly 6 vulnerable to being exploited in these ways; and 7 WHEREAS, It is estimated that 27.6 million people are currently the victims of human 8 trafficking worldwide and are being used as slaves in some capacity. The International Labour 9 Office (ILO), estimates that human trafficking generates approximately $236 billion dollars in 10 profit; and 11 WHEREAS, National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month was first 12 observed in January, 2018 and more than $45 million was contributed to the Global Fund to End 13 Modern Slavery, which provided for enhanced collaboration amongst nations and their law 14 enforcement and other community and business organizations in order to dismantle transnational 15 criminal organizations that are involved in human trafficking activities. In 2024, more than $75 16 million was raised; now, therefore be it 17 RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby commemorates 18 January of 2026, as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in the State of 19 Rhode Island; and be it further 1 RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to 2 transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, Donald 3 Trump, the Governor of the State of Rhode Island, Daniel McKee, and the Secretary-General of 4 the United Nations, António Guterres. ======== LC003280 ======== LC003280 - Page 2 of 2