HB 975 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further providing for definitions and providing for the offense of trafficking in undocumented immigrants.

PRINTER'S NO.   1058

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 975
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY GAYDOS, ROAE, KAUFFMAN, M. MACKENZIE, KUZMA,
        ZIMMERMAN, BERNSTINE, BARGER AND RIVERA, MARCH 19, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 19, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further
 3      providing for definitions and providing for the offense of
 4      trafficking in undocumented immigrants.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.     The definition of "human trafficking" in section
 8   3001 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
 9   amended to read:
10   § 3001.    Definitions.
11      The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
12   shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
13   context clearly indicates otherwise:
14      * * *
15      "Human trafficking."     Any activity in violation of [section]
16   any of the following:
17             (1)   Section 3011 (relating to trafficking in
18      individuals) either alone or in conjunction with an activity
19      in violation of section 3012 (relating to involuntary
 1      servitude).
 2            (2)    Section 3011.1 (relating to trafficking in
 3      undocumented immigrants).
 4      * * *
 5      Section 2.      Title 18 is amended by adding a section to read:
 6   § 3011.1.      Trafficking in undocumented immigrants.
 7      (a)   Offense defined.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
 8   a person commits a felony of the third degree if the person
 9   encourages or induces an undocumented immigrant to enter or
10   remain in this Commonwealth by concealing, harboring or
11   shielding the undocumented immigrant from detection by law
12   enforcement personnel or Federal immigration authorities in
13   violation of Federal law.
14      (b)   Felony of the second degree.--An offense under this
15   section shall be graded as a felony of the second degree if:
16            (1)    the person commits the offense in a manner that
17      creates a substantial likelihood that the undocumented
18      immigrant will suffer serious harm or death;
19            (2)    the undocumented immigrant is a minor at the time of
20      the offense;
21            (3)    the person knows or recklessly disregards that the
22      undocumented immigrant will be subjected to labor servitude;
23      or
24            (4)    the person knows or recklessly disregards that the
25      undocumented immigrant will be subjected to sexual servitude.
26      (c)   Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
27   words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
28   subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
29      "Federal immigration authority."      The United States
30   Department of Homeland Security, the United States Immigration

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1   and Customs Enforcement, the United States Citizenship and
2   Immigration Services, the United States Customs and Border
3   Protection or other entity to which a Federal immigration agency
4   delegates or assigns the authority to detect, investigate or
5   enforce violations of Federal immigration law.
6      Section 3.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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