Pennsylvania HR386: A Resolution recognizing the month of January 2026 as "Human Trafficking Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

What the bill says

A resolution Recognizing the month of January 2026 as "Human Trafficking Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

From the introduced text, January 8, 2026:

A RESOLUTION Recognizing the month of January 2026 as "Human Trafficking Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania. WHEREAS, Human trafficking is a crime involving the coercion and exploitation of a person for labor, services or commercial sex; and WHEREAS, The Federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 recognizes and defines the two primary forms of human trafficking as sex trafficking and forced labor; and WHEREAS, According to the National Institute of Justice, sex trafficking is defined as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing or soliciting of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act in which the commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform the act has not attained 18 years of age; and WHEREAS, Forced labor is defined as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person for labor or services through the use of force, fraud or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage or slavery; and WHEREAS, An estimated 27.6 million people, including adults and children, are subjected to human trafficking around the world, including in the United States; and WHEREAS, The United Nations' International Labour Organization estimates that 77% of all worldwide victims are trafficked for forced labor and 23% of all victims are trafficked for sex; …

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Sponsors

• Regina Young (D, 185) · primary sponsor
• Danilo Burgos (D, 197)
• Keith Greiner (R, 43)
• Benjamin Waxman (D, 182)
• Christina Sappey (D, 158)
• Jeanne McNeill (D, 133)
• Manuel Guzman (D, 127)
• Clinton Owlett (R, 68)
• Carol Hill-Evans (D, 95)
• Thomas Kutz (R, 87)
• Kyle Donahue (D, 113)
• Joseph Hohenstein (D, 177)

Latest actions

1. May 5, 2026: Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71), May 5, 2026
2. January 28, 2026: Reported as committed, Jan. 28, 2026
3. January 8, 2026: Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 8, 2026

Votes

• House Judiciary: Report Bill As Committed (January 28, 2026): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is HR386?

HR386 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): A Resolution recognizing the month of January 2026 as "Human Trafficking Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

What does HR386 do?

In its own words: A resolution Recognizing the month of January 2026 as "Human Trafficking Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

What is the status of HR386?

In committee as of May 5, 2026. Latest action: Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71), May 5, 2026 (May 5, 2026).

Who sponsored HR386?

Regina Young (D, 185), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HR386?

On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hr386