HB 2752

                                                  PRINTER'S NO.   3844
                 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                     HOUSE BILL
                     No. 2752
                                            Session of
                                              2026
INTRODUCED BY BURGOS, YOUNG, BRENNAN, PROBST, MADDEN, GUZMAN,
   HOHENSTEIN, SANCHEZ, NEILSON, PASHINSKI, D. WILLIAMS, MERSKI,
   PARKER, RUSNOCK, BOYD AND INGLIS, AUGUST 27, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, AUGUST 27, 2026
                                 AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2    Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further
3    providing for asset forfeiture.
4    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6    Section 1.     Section 3021(d) and (m) introductory paragraph of
7 Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
8 and the section is amended by adding subsections to read:
9 § 3021.    Asset forfeiture.
10    * * *
11    (a.1)    Mandatory forfeiture.--In addition to property subject
12 to forfeiture under subsection (a), if a person is convicted of
13 a violation of this chapter, the court, in imposing sentence,
14 shall order the person to forfeit to the Commonwealth the
15 person's interest in any of the following:
16(1)   Real or personal property that was involved in, used
17    or intended to be used to commit or facilitate the commission
18    of the violation and property traceable to the property.
1(2)   Real or personal property that constitutes or is
2    derived from proceeds that the person obtained, directly or
3    indirectly, as a result of the violation and property
4    traceable to the property.
5    * * *
6    (d)   Transfer of property.--If property is forfeited under
7 this section, the property shall be transferred to the custody
8 of the district attorney if the law enforcement authority
9 seizing the property has county or local jurisdiction, or the
10 Attorney General if the law enforcement authority seizing the
11 property has Statewide jurisdiction. The Attorney General or
12 district attorney, where appropriate, may sell the property. The
13 proceeds from a sale shall first be used to pay all proper
14 expenses of the proceedings for forfeiture and sale, including
15 expenses of seizure, maintenance of custody, advertising and
16 court costs. The balance of the proceeds shall be distributed
17 under [subsection (m)] subsections (m) and (m.1).
18    * * *
19    (m)   Disposition of proceeds.--Subject to subsection (d), all
20 moneys forfeited and the proceeds from the sale of all property
21 forfeited and seized under this section shall be paid as
22 follows, except as provided under subsection (m.1):
23* * *
24    (m.1)   Restitution priority.--
25(1)   The Attorney General or district attorney, where
26    appropriate, shall transfer money, property or proceeds
27    forfeited under this section to satisfy an order of
28    restitution arising from a violation of this chapter.
29(2)   A transfer under paragraph (1) shall have priority
30    over a distribution under subsection (m) to a law enforcement
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1   agency, the office of the prosecuting attorney or the
2   commission.
3(3)   A transfer under this subsection shall not reduce or
4   otherwise mitigate the obligation of a person convicted of a
5   violation of this chapter to satisfy the full amount of an
6   order of restitution through nonforfeited assets.
7   * * *
8   Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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