HB 268 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Victim of human trafficking; petition for vacatur/expungement of convictions & police/court records.

Summary
Petition for vacatur and expungement of convictionsand police and court records of victims of human trafficking.Allows any person who was a victim of human trafficking at the timeof an offense that led to a criminal charge or conviction of certaincrimes to petition the court to vacate such conviction and expungethe police and court records related to such conviction or to expungethe police and court records related to such charge. The bill provides that there is a rebuttable presumption that a person's participationin an offense was a result of having been a victim of human traffickingif there is official documentation, defined in the bill, of the petitioner'sstatus as a victim of human trafficking at the time of the offense.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
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Governor
Introduced Dec 30, 2019 Last action Jan 31, 2020
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Dec 30, 2019
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Dec 30, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103429D
lower
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors

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