DES MOINES – Today, Governor Kim Reynolds signed the following bill into law:
HF 630: A bill for an act relating to human trafficking and providing penalties.
Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to signing HF 630 into law:
“Human trafficking is a vile form of modern-day slavery and in Iowa, we won’t tolerate it. The bill signed today increases penalties for both labor and sex trafficking, and criminals found guilty of trafficking children under 18 will serve up to life in prison.”