A delegate read graphic testimony on the trafficking and exploitation of her granddaughter and urged the House to hold a committee hearing on a related bill that had not been heard. Lawmakers listened but took no immediate legislative action on the floor.

A Senate committee considered SB 748, which would expand vacatur eligibility for crimes committed as a direct result of human trafficking and add a rebuttable presumption when official documentation exists. Prosecutors urged requiring corroboration of the causal link so commonwealths can meaningfully rebut petitions.

A Courts of Justice subcommittee approved a substitute for HB 191 that clarifies minors deemed trafficking victims shall not be arrested or prosecuted for offenses tied to their victimization; the measure was reported unanimously, 10-0, after testimony from survivors and advocacy groups.