An amendment increasing penalties for human trafficking crimes won approval in Georgia, and will also impose a new tax on strip clubs and other adult entertainment businesses.
Amendment Two would create the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund, to provide rehabilitative and social services to children who have been sexually exploited.
It would draw those funds from additional fines placed on convicted sex traffickers and an annual $5,000 fee on adult entertainment businesses.
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