Colorado Lawmakers Weigh Justice and Unintended Consequences in Child Sex Solicitation Bill

By: Shaun Boyd | CBS Colorado

Colorado is among the top ten states in the country for human trafficking and most of the victims here are children.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation says 64% of human trafficking survivors are under age 18 and, under current state law, some of their abusers receive probation.

A bill by state Sen.s Byron Pelton and Dylan Roberts would change that.

Roberts says the current law is failing children.

“How do we hold buyers of children accountable for their crimes?” he said.

Under the legislation, anyone convicted of crimes related to child solicitation would be sentenced to a minimum of four years in prison. State analysts say each year, an average of 25 of those offenders receive probation.

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