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Victims of human trafficking will soon have more protection when reporting their captors.

Legislation creating safe havens for people sold in the sex trade passed the Florida Senate today. Another bill creating tougher penalties for people who enslave others for sex or labor passed the chamber. State Senator Anitere Flores’ legislation would protect victims of sex trafficking if they are arrested while prostituting.

“It helps them, it give law enforcement that option and hopefully what happens is the girls will break that cycle and they will go on to become productive citizens rather than go into the incarceration system,” said Flores.

The bills also requires their pimps to register as sex offenders if they’re caught.