Pa. House committee passes suite of six bills to combat child sex trafficking

This article was originally published by the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. The state House Judiciary Committee voted Monday to advance a suite of six bills to improve protection for child victims of human trafficking and provide for the most severe criminal penalty for those who exploit infants. The votes came about a month after House and Senate lawmakers announced the creation of a bipartisan caucus dedicated to ending human trafficking in the commonwealth. Its members cited troubling statistics...