AB 1170

This bill creates a human trafficking council in the Department of

Administration. Under the bill, the human trafficking council must make

recommendations for eliminating human trafficking and aiding victims of human

trafficking in Wisconsin and must conduct training on combating human trafficking.

The human trafficking council consists of the governor, or if the governor so

designates, the lieutenant governor; the attorney general; the secretary of children

and families; and the following 18 members appointed for staggered two-year terms:

1) four public members appointed by the governor; 2) two public members and two

senators appointed by the president of the senate; 3) two public members and one

senator appointed by the senate minority leader; 4) two public members and two

representatives to the assembly appointed by the speaker of the assembly; and 5) two

public members and one representative to the assembly appointed by the assembly

minority leader. The bill also requires that the persons who appoint members of the

council ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the council is diverse with

respect to race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, and geography.