State Senate Passes Human Trafficking Bill - NBC Right Now/KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA |

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington state Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would establish a statewide committee to recommend ways to combat the sexual exploitation of children.

The Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Statewide Coordinating Committee would examine laws and practices of local and regional entities to address sexually exploited children. The committee would also make recommendations for statewide laws and practices.