A bill that will help the PA Attorney General’s Office and law enforcement target and prosecute human trafficking was signed into law yesterday by Governor Josh Shapiro.
Act 41 of 2026 will relocate most prostitution offenses to the human trafficking section of the state Crimes Code and will enhance the penalties for several of those offenses and places them under the jurisdiction of the state Attorney General. As part of the act, fines paid by those convicted of patronizing prostitutes will be split between the state’s Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children fund and the Prevention of Human Trafficking Account established in Pennsylvania’s General Fund.
The legislation was sponsored by the Pennsylvania Anti-Human Trafficking Caucus and passed by overwhelming margins in both the State House and Senate.
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