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Utah law currently makes it a third-degree felony to transport an undocumented immigrant into or within the state for profit, and a class A misdemeanor to knowingly harbor or conceal one from detection for profit. This bill would increase those penalties when the victim is younger than 13, raising the transporting offense to a second-degree felony and the harboring offense to a third-degree felony. It would also add aggravated exploitation of prostitution involving a child to the list of human trafficking offenses for which a victim can sue their trafficker for damages in civil court. Finally, the bill would allow the Utah attorney general to proactively file a lawsuit against anyone believed to be committing, to have committed, or to be about to commit a human trafficking offense, with the ability to seek injunctions, court-appointed receivers, or the dissolution of a business entity involved.