SB 914 Virginia Senate · 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 expunge the police and court records related to such conviction or to expungethe police and court records related to such charge. The bill providesthat 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
Jan 2020
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Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2020 Last action Jan 29, 2020
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Jan 20, 2020
Committee
Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20104541D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Mamie Locke
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