PRINTER'S NO. 214
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
246
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MIHALEK, THOMAS, PICKETT, SCHLEGEL CULVER, RYAN,
ROTHMAN, HANBIDGE, MIZGORSKI, SAPPEY, KAUFFMAN, RAPP,
SCHLOSSBERG, GROVE, DeLUCA, SAYLOR, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ,
OBERLANDER, OWLETT, PASHINSKI, NEILSON, GAYDOS, WEBSTER,
SANKEY, HERSHEY, FEE, GLEIM AND TOOHIL, JANUARY 25, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 25, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further
providing for evidence and defenses to human trafficking.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3018(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
ยง 3018. Evidence and defenses to human trafficking.
(a) General rule.--Evidence of the [following facts or
conditions] age of the victim of human trafficking with respect
to the age of consent to sex or legal age of marriage shall not
constitute a defense in a prosecution for a violation under this
chapter, nor shall the evidence preclude a finding of a
violation under this chapter.[:
(1) Specific instances of past sexual conduct of the
victim of human trafficking, opinion evidence of the alleged
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