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House Judiciary Committee approves bill letting trafficking victims sue where they live
Summary
At a committee reorganization meeting, the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve House Bill 277, which makes venue for civil suits by human-trafficking victims either where the victim resides or where the alleged violations occurred; the bill was referred to the speaker.
At a reorganization meeting of the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee, members voted unanimously to approve House Bill 277, a change to civil venue rules for human-trafficking claims.
Committee legal counsel David Vitaly described the proposal as a change to Section 3051 of Title 18 that makes venue for civil causes of action involving human trafficking the same whether the suit is filed where the victim lives or where…
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