Bill > HB1286

This bill amends the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Notification Act to expand its scope and strengthen enforcement by introducing new definitions and training requirements. It defines "public lodging establishment" as a hotel, motel, inn, or similar entity offering more than 10 rooms for temporary lodging, and introduces "rental operator" for those managing short-term rentals (residential properties rented for less than 30 consecutive days) and "third-party listing platform" for online services used to advertise these rentals. The bill mandates human trafficking awareness training for employees and contract workers of public lodging establishments, as well as for rental operators and those using third-party listing platforms, with specific content requirements and validity periods for the training. The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is tasked with approving free online training programs and publishing a list of them. The bill also outlines enforcement mechanisms, including affirmative defenses for good-faith efforts to comply, administrative penalties for violations that escalate with repeated offenses, and criminal penalties ranging from summary offenses to misdemeanors, with provisions for license suspension. Importantly, a portion of collected penalties from both administrative and criminal violations will be distributed to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for grants, aiming to further combat human trafficking.

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