Maine Rep. Amy Volk is needing advocates to help get a bill that would help Victims of Human Trafficking on the floor for a vote. State Representative Amy Volk (R-Scarborough) has introduced a bill that would make Maine the fifteenth state to allow courts to vacate the prostitution convictions of human trafficking victims, joining Connecticut and Vermont in this growing movement to prevent women from being penalized for falling victim to the underground human trafficking trade. Rep. Volk worked with the Polaris Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting human trafficking, to craft the bill. She said she was inspired to do something after a report by the organization ranked Maine in the bottom half of states for anti-trafficking laws. We cant naively think that were safe here in Maine, and these are other states problems, she said. Calls from Maine to the Polaris Projects human trafficking hotline have more than doubled since 2010, according to a recent Bangor Daily News report. Please call the following Reps. and ask them to bring this bill up for an vote. Senate President Justin Alfond Toll Free: (800) 423-6900 Main Line: (207) 287-1540 Speaker: Mark Eves Business Telephone: (207) 287-1300 State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900 maine.gov/legis/house_gop/_news/news_page.php?story_id=20131021_00000411&story_title=Maine+House+GOP%3A+Rep.+Amy+Volk+Introduces+Bill+to+Help+Victims+of+Human+Trafficking
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 21:40:36 +0000
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