House Bill 12
2019-2020 Regular Session
An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further providing for the offense of trafficking in individuals and for the offense of patronizing a victim of sexual servitude; in public indecency, further providing for the offense of prostitution and related offenses; and, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for definitions and for recorded testimony.
Co-Sponsorship Memo
Prime Sponsor

Representative Seth Grove
R House District 196
Co-Sponsors

Rep. Wendi Thomas
R House District 178

Rep. Joanna McClinton
D House District 191

Rep. Rob Kauffman
R House District 89

Rep. Francis Ryan
R House District 101

Rep. Justin Simmons
R House District 131

Rep. Stan Saylor
R House District 94

Rep. Danielle Friel Otten
D House District 155

Rep. Tina Pickett
R House District 110

Rep. Garth Everett
R House District 84

Rep. Gary Day
R House District 187

Rep. Jonathan Fritz
R House District 111

Rep. Harry Readshaw
D House District 36

Rep. Tedd Nesbit
R House District 8

Rep. Eric Nelson
R House District 57

Rep. David Millard
R House District 109

Rep. Brett Miller
R House District 41

Rep. Isabella Fitzgerald
D House District 203

Rep. Patrick Harkins
D House District 1

Rep. David Hickernell
R House District 98

Rep. Mike Jones
R House District 93

Rep. Jesse Topper
R House District 78

Rep. Tarah Toohil
R House District 116

Rep. Sheryl Delozier
R House District 88

Rep. David Maloney
R House District 130

Rep. Paul Schemel
R House District 90

Rep. Andrew Lewis
R House District 105

Rep. Jim Cox
R House District 129

Rep. Clint Owlett
R House District 68

Rep. Kate Klunk
R House District 169

Rep. Kathy Rapp
R House District 65

Rep. Daryl Metcalfe
R House District 12

Rep. Johnathan Hershey
R House District 82

Rep. Barbara Gleim
R House District 199

Rep. Matt Gabler
R House District 75

Rep. Stephanie Borowicz
R House District 76

Rep. Timothy J. O'Neal
R House District 48

Rep. R. Lee James
R House District 64

Rep. Russ Diamond
R House District 102

Rep. Eddie Pashinski
D House District 121

Rep. Aaron Bernstine
R House District 10

Rep. Keith Greiner
R House District 43

Rep. Bud Cook
R House District 49

Rep. William Kortz
D House District 38

Rep. Jason Ortitay
R House District 46

Rep. Greg Rothman
R House District 87

Rep. Rosemary Brown
R House District 189

Rep. James Struzzi
R House District 62

Rep. Mark Gillen
R House District 128

Rep. Rosita Youngblood
D House District 198

Rep. Anthony DeLuca
D House District 32

Rep. Tina Davis
D House District 141

Rep. Keith Gillespie
R House District 47

Rep. Jeanne McNeill
D House District 133

Rep. Doyle Heffley
R House District 122

Rep. Kerry Benninghoff
R House District 171

Rep. Dawn Keefer
R House District 92

Rep. Tim Briggs
D House District 149

Rep. Cris Dush
R House District 66

Rep. Thomas Mehaffie
R House District 106

Rep. Christopher Quinn
R House District 168

Rep. Steven Mentzer
R House District 97

Rep. Carolyn Comitta
D House District 156

Rep. Peter Schweyer
D House District 22

Rep. Marcy Toepel
R House District 147

Rep. Robert Merski
D House District 2

Rep. David Zimmerman
R House District 99

Rep. F. Todd Polinchock
R House District 144

Rep. Robert Matzie
D House District 16

Rep. Valerie Gaydos
R House District 44

Rep. Melissa Shusterman
D House District 157

Rep. Mindy Fee
R House District 37
Bill Status & History
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary, Jan. 28, 2019
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Statute References
This bill amends Titles 18 (Crimes And Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary And Judicial Procedure). Other bills amending the same statute are listed below.

Rep. Russ Diamond
R House District 102
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18 (Crimes And Offenses)
42 (Judiciary And Judicial Procedure)
House Bill 12
2019-2020 Regular Session
Sponsors
GROVE, THOMAS, McCLINTON, KAUFFMAN, RYAN, SIMMONS, SAYLOR, OTTEN, PICKETT, EVERETT, DAY, FRITZ, READSHAW, NESBIT, NELSON, MILLARD, B. MILLER, FITZGERALD, HARKINS, HICKERNELL, JONES, TOPPER, TOOHIL, DELOZIER, MALONEY, SCHEMEL, LEWIS, COX, OWLETT, KLUNK, RAPP, METCALFE, HERSHEY, GLEIM, GABLER, BOROWICZ, O'NEAL, JAMES, DIAMOND, PASHINSKI, BERNSTINE, GREINER, COOK, KORTZ, ORTITAY, ROTHMAN, BROWN, STRUZZI, GILLEN, YOUNGBLOOD, DeLUCA, T. DAVIS, GILLESPIE, McNEILL, HEFFLEY, BENNINGHOFF, KEEFER, BRIGGS, DUSH, MEHAFFIE, QUINN, MENTZER, COMITTA, SCHWEYER, TOEPEL, MERSKI, ZIMMERMAN, POLINCHOCK, MATZIE, GAYDOS, SHUSTERMAN, FEE
Short Title
An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further providing for the offense of trafficking in individuals and for the offense of patronizing a victim of sexual servitude; in public indecency, further providing for the offense of prostitution and related offenses; and, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for definitions and for recorded testimony.
Memo Subject
The Buyer Beware Act: Combatting Human Trafficking in the Commonwealth
Actions
0036 | Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 28, 2019 |
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