North Dakota law directs trafficking training and protects good-faith reports

The human trafficking commission shall establish training on recognizing and responding to suspected trafficking. The training covers trafficking awareness, signs of possible victims, common trafficking activities, and how to report suspected trafficking to law enforcement. The commission should use existing training materials when possible.

Lodging business owners and managers may train employees, keep yearly training records, run awareness efforts, or display an approved poster. These options apply to lodging businesses and their employees. The training credit option applies to regulated occupations and professions. The poster must include contact information for an organization that helps trafficking victims. Groups that regulate occupations or professions may accept the training for continuing education credit.

People covered by the law are immune from civil liability for good-faith reports of suspected trafficking. The protection covers lodging business owners, managers, and employees, and members of regulated occupations or professions who report suspected trafficking in good faith. A regulated professional may still face discipline if the report violates an applicable ethics rule.

The commission shall facilitate yearly student education about trafficking and exploitation if Senate Bill 2330 was approved by the 69th Legislative Assembly. The education is for students and covers human trafficking and exploitation. This duty applies only if Senate Bill 2330 was approved by the 69th Legislative Assembly. The education is annual.

The commission may accept gifts and grants to support its training goals, and the money it receives is continuously appropriated to the commission. The commission may receive donations, gifts, grants, or bequests from public or private sources. The money must be used to support training goals, including encouraging lodging businesses and regulated workers to take part.