Delaware HB408 amends Title 11 of the Delaware Code to redefine and strengthen penalties for trafficking, forced labor, and sexual servitude.

Delaware HB408 amends Title 11 of the Delaware Code to redefine and strengthen penalties for trafficking, forced labor, and sexual servitude. It specifies that patronizing a victim of sexual servitude is a class D felony, escalating to a class C felony if the victim is a minor. The bill also clarifies that consent or belief of adulthood by the defendant is not a defense in prosecutions involving minor victims.

Delaware HB408 amends Title 11 of the Delaware Code to redefine and strengthen penalties for trafficking, forced labor, and sexual servitude.

Delaware HB408 amends Title 11 of the Delaware Code to redefine and strengthen penalties for trafficking, forced labor, and sexual servitude. It specifies that patronizing a victim of sexual servitude is a class D felony, escalating to a class C felony if the victim is a minor. The bill also clarifies that consent or belief of adulthood by the defendant is not a defense in prosecutions involving minor victims.