HB 1033 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Human trafficking victims; petition for vacatur and expungement of convictions, etc.

Summary
Petition for vacatur and expungement of convictionsand police and court records of human trafficking victims. Allowsany person who was a human trafficking victim at the time of an offensethat led to a criminal charge or conviction of certain crimes topetition the court to vacate such conviction and expunge the policeand court records related to such conviction or to expunge the policeand court records related to such charge. The bill provides thatthere is a rebuttable presumption that a person's participation inan offense was a result of having been a victim of human traffickingif there is official government documentation, defined in the bill, of the petitioner's status as a victim of human trafficking at thetime of the offense.
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Jan 2020
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Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Last action Jan 31, 2020
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Jan 7, 2020
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Jan 7, 2020
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104159D
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Charniele Herring
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