𝐏𝐀 𝐀𝐇𝐓 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐱 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠/𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Bipartisan, bicameral legislation I sponsored as chairman of the Pennsylvania Anti-Human Trafficking (AHT) Caucus aimed at helping the Pennsylvania attorney general and law enforcement more effectively target and prosecute human trafficking was passed 49-1 by the Senate today. Requested and fully supported by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Senate Bill 45 relocates most prostitution offenses to the human trafficking section of the state Crimes Code, enhances the penalties for several of those offenses and places these offenses under the enforcement jurisdiction of the Office of Attorney General—giving them the ability to better combat prostitution and human trafficking across the commonwealth. Again, this legislation is absolutely not designed to prosecute the vulnerable. The Johns, the pimps, the abusers of those young boys and girls, young women and men are targets. Those that traffic children, those who rent the bodies of these young people trying to survive "The Life," those PREDATORS are the targets! Senate Bill 45, the first piece of legislation to be unanimously endorsed by the PA AHT Caucus, now advances to the House of Representatives for consideration. If you suspect someone is being trafficked, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline at 1-888-373-7888. For more information: https://senatordush.com/2026/06/08/pa... https://senatordush.com/2026/03/24/ch...