PENNSYLVANIA, April 22 - PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1512

PRINTER'S NO. 1627

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

45

Session of

2026

INTRODUCED BY DUSH, COLLETT, PHILLIPS-HILL, MASTRIANO,

PENNYCUICK, STEFANO, HUTCHINSON, J. WARD, VOGEL AND FLYNN,

MARCH 18, 2026

SENATOR BAKER, JUDICIARY, AS AMENDED, APRIL 21, 2026

AN ACT

Amending Title TITLES 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (DOMESTIC

RELATIONS), 42 (JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE), 44 (LAW

AND JUSTICE), 61 (PRISONS AND PAROLE) AND 63 (PROFESSIONS AND

OCCUPATIONS (STATE LICENSED)) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further

providing for definitions, providing for the offense of

promoting prostitution, for the offense of living off of

prostituted persons and for the offense of patronizing

prostitution and further providing for grants; in public

indecency, further providing for prostitution and related

offenses; and establishing the Prevention of Human

Trafficking RESTRICTED Account.; IN CHILD PROTECTIVE

SERVICES, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; IN SENTENCING,

FURTHER PROVIDING FOR SEXUAL OFFENSES AND TIER SYSTEM; IN DNA

DATA AND TESTING, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; IN

INTERSTATE COMPACTS, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR SUPERVISION OF

PERSONS PAROLED BY OTHER STATES; AND, IN POWERS AND DUTIES

RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL

AFFAIRS, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF CRIMINAL

CONVICTIONS.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 3001 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding definitions to read:

§ 3001. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter

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