HB 277 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further providing for civil causes of action.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-22
Latest action: — Laid on the table, Jan. 27, 2025
Sponsors
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — sponsor · 2025-01-22
- Marla Brown (R, PA-9) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Bud Cook (R, PA-50) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Bryan Cutler (R, PA-100) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Mike Jones (R, PA-93) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Brian Smith (R, PA-66) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Chad G. Reichard (R, PA-90) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Jason Ortitay (R, PA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, PA-51) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Keith J. Greiner (R, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Mindy Fee (R, PA-37) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Jacob D. Banta (R, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Mike Armanini (R, PA-75) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Tom Jones (R, PA-98) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Tim Twardzik (R, PA-123) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Milou Mackenzie (R, PA-131) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Jim Rigby (R, PA-71) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Kate A. Klunk (R, PA-169) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Jonathan Fritz (R, PA-111) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Jamie Barton (R, PA-124) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Brett R. Miller (R, PA-41) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Kathy L. Rapp (R, PA-65) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Thomas H. Kutz (R, PA-87) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Craig T. Staats (R, PA-145) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Aaron Bernstine (R, PA-8) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Doyle Heffley (R, PA-122) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Clint Owlett (R, PA-68) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Timothy R. Bonner (R, PA-17) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Jamie L. Flick (R, PA-83) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Brad Roae (R, PA-6) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Liz Hanbidge (D, PA-61) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Sheryl M. Delozier (R, PA-88) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Dan Moul (R, PA-91) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Robert Leadbeter (R, PA-109) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 22, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, Jan. 27, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Jan. 27, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Jan. 27, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0221 · 1,989 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 221
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 277
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, M. BROWN, JAMES, COOK, ZIMMERMAN,
CUTLER, HAMM, PICKETT, M. JONES, SMITH, REICHARD, ORTITAY,
KRUPA, PIELLI, GROVE, GREINER, FEE, BANTA, ARMANINI,
T. JONES, TWARDZIK, M. MACKENZIE, RIGBY, KUZMA, KLUNK, FRITZ,
BARTON, B. MILLER, RAPP, KUTZ, STAATS, BERNSTINE AND HEFFLEY,
JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further
3 providing for civil causes of action.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3051(a)(2) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3051. Civil causes of action.
9 (a) General rule.--
10 * * *
11 (2) An individual who is a victim of the sex trade may
12 bring a civil action in the court of common pleas of the
13 county where the individual resides or where any of the
14 alleged violations of this chapter occurred against a person
15 that:
16 (i) recruits, profits from or maintains the victim
1 in any sex trade act;
2 (ii) abuses or causes bodily harm to the victim in
3 any sex trade act; and
4 (iii) knowingly advertises or publishes
5 advertisements for purposes of recruitment into sex trade
6 activity.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron Bernstine (R, state_lower PA-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Brad Roae (R, state_lower PA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Brett R. Miller (R, state_lower PA-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Brian Smith (R, state_lower PA-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Bryan Cutler (R, state_lower PA-100) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Bud Cook (R, state_lower PA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Chad G. Reichard (R, state_lower PA-90) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, state_lower PA-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Clint Owlett (R, state_lower PA-68) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Craig T. Staats (R, state_lower PA-145) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Dan Moul (R, state_lower PA-91) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Doyle Heffley (R, state_lower PA-122) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Jacob D. Banta (R, state_lower PA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Jamie Barton (R, state_lower PA-124) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Jamie L. Flick (R, state_lower PA-83) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Jason Ortitay (R, state_lower PA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Jim Rigby (R, state_lower PA-71) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Jonathan Fritz (R, state_lower PA-111) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Kate A. Klunk (R, state_lower PA-169) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Kathy L. Rapp (R, state_lower PA-65) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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