The COMMITTEE on JUDICIARY proposed the following amendment (JUD3329.002):
    Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting lines beginning on page 3, line 17 and ending on page 4, line 11 and inserting:
    /         "Section 16-3-2020.     (A)     A person is guilty of trafficking in persons if he: who
        (1)     recruits, entices, solicits, isolates, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains, or so attempts, a victim, knowing that the victim will be subjected to, or for the purposes of, sex trafficking, forced labor or services, involuntary servitude or debt bondage through any means or who benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture which has engaged in an act described in this subsection, is guilty of trafficking in persons,
        (2)     aids, abets, or conspires with another person to violate the criminal provisions of this section, or
        (3)     knowingly gives, agrees to give, or offers to give anything of value so that any person may engage in commercial sexual activity with another person when he knows that the other person is a victim of trafficking in persons.
    (B)     A person who recruits, entices, solicits, isolates, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains, or so attempts, a victim, for the purposes of sex trafficking, forced labor or services, involuntary servitude or debt bondage through any means or who benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture which has engaged in an act described in subsection (A), is guilty of trafficking in persons.
    (C)     For a first offense, the A person convicted of a violation of subsection (A) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction,:
(1)     for a first offense, must be imprisoned not more than fifteen years.
    (D)(2)     For for a second offense, the person is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than thirty years.
    (E)(3)     For for a third or subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than forty-five years.
    (F)(C)     If the victim of an offense contained in this section is under the age of eighteen, an additional term of fifteen years may be imposed in addition and must be consecutive to the penalty prescribed for a violation of this section the person convicted under this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than thirty years. For a second or subsequent offense, if the victim is under the age of eighteen, the person convicted under this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than forty-five years.
    (G)     A person who aids, abets, or conspires with another person to violate the criminal provisions of this section must be punished in the same manner as provided for the principal offender and is considered a trafficker. A person is considered a trafficker if he knowingly gives, agrees to give, or offers to give anything of value so that any person may engage in commercial sexual activity with another person when he knows that the other person is a victim of trafficking in persons.         /

    Renumber sections to conform.
    Amend title to conform.