PRINTER'S NO. 2712
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
634
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY QUINN, DeLISSIO, BAKER, BIZZARRO, R. BROWN,
V. BROWN, BULLOCK, COHEN, D. COSTA, SCHLEGEL CULVER, CUTLER,
M. DALEY, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, DELOZIER, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO,
DONATUCCI, DUSH, ELLIS, GIBBONS, GROVE, J. HARRIS, HELM,
HENNESSEY, PHILLIPS-HILL, JOZWIAK, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KIM,
KINSEY, KRUEGER-BRANEKY, LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, MAHONEY,
MARSICO, MATZIE, MILLARD, MURT, O'BRIEN, D. PARKER, PICKETT,
READSHAW, ROSS, ROZZI, SAINATO, SANTORA, SCHLOSSBERG,
SCHREIBER, SNYDER, SONNEY, THOMAS, VEREB, YOUNGBLOOD, ACOSTA,
GOODMAN AND MCCLINTON, JANUARY 12, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 12, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of January 2016 as "National Human
Trafficking Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Human trafficking endangers the lives of millions of
people around the world through domestic and transnational
trafficking networks; and
WHEREAS, Human trafficking is a $150 billion global industry
that is one of the fastest-growing criminal activities in the
world; and
WHEREAS, Human trafficking takes many forms, including forced
labor, debt bondage, forced commercial sexual exploitation and
involuntary domestic servitude; and
WHEREAS, Victims of human trafficking are men, women and
children of all ages, but disproportionately women and girls;
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