An individual shall have a cause of action against a person, business, business owner, or business operator who:

1. (1) Coerced the individual into sexual exploitation or to remain in sexual exploitation, or subjected the individual to sex trafficking;
2. (2) Used coercion to collect or receive any of the individual's earnings derived from sexual exploitation or from being the subject of sex trafficking;
3. (3) Hired, or attempted to hire, the individual to engage in sexual exploitation, when a reasonable person would believe that the individual was coerced into sexual exploitation by another person or was being subjected to sex trafficking; or
4. (4) Profited from coercing the individual into sexual exploitation or subjecting the individual to sex trafficking.

[L 1999, c 203, pt of §2; am L 2016, c 206, §5; am L 2025, c 20, §5]