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An Act To Combat Human Trafficking by Requiring Prevention Training for Commercial Drivers
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  29-A MRSA §1253, sub-§6  is enacted to read:
 
6.  Human trafficking prevention training and license requirement; informational card.     In addition to other requirements under this section, beginning April 1, 2018, in order to receive a commercial driver's license, an applicant for a new commercial driver's license must complete a nationally recognized training program on preventing human trafficking in the trucking industry and provide to the Secretary of State a certificate or other evidence of satisfactory completion of that program. The training program required under this subsection may be administered in person or on the Internet.
 
Beginning April 1, 2018, a commercial driver's license issued by the Secretary of State to a new licensee or upon a renewal for an existing licensee must be accompanied by an informational card that is 2 inches by 3 inches and outlines signs of and how to report human trafficking and includes a telephone number for a national human trafficking hotline.
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires that, beginning April 1, 2018, an applicant for a new commercial driver's license complete in person or online a nationally recognized training program on preventing human trafficking in the trucking industry as a requirement to receive a license. It also requires that all new and renewed commercial driver's licenses be accompanied by a wallet-sized card that outlines signs of and how to report human trafficking and includes a telephone number for a national human trafficking hotline.