Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, other law enforcement officials, and service providers for those victimized by the commercial sex trade will brief House lawmakers tomorrow in support of proposed legislation targeting human trafficking.

Representatives Elizabeth Malia and Martin Walsh, who called for the discussion, will host the event in Room B-1 of the State House beginning at 10:30 tomorrow morning.

In 2004, Conley and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County launched the Teen Prostitution Prevention Project – now known as Support to End Exploitation Now (SEEN) – and implemented a policy of terminating the prosecution of minors arrested in sex-for-fee cases to divert those exploited youth away from pimps and johns. In January, he filed a bill that would expand that “safe harbor” policy of treating prostituted youth as victims, rather than offenders, statewide.

Coakley also filed legislation in January to define and criminalize human trafficking for sexual servitude and forced labor. Massachusetts is currently one of only four states without a human trafficking law on its books. Coakley’s bill would additionally create a task force to study human trafficking and enhance the penalties for buying sex to address the industry’s demand side.

Others taking part in tomorrow’s hearing will be Sergeant Detective Donna Gavin of the Boston Police Department’s Human Trafficking Unit and Audrey Porter, associate director of My Life My Choice, which serves the victims of commercial sexual exploitation.