VA HB268 | 2021 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Over of previous HB268
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)
Status: Introduced on December 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Petition for vacatur and expungement of convictions and police and court records of victims of human trafficking. Allows any person who was a victim of human trafficking at the time of an offense that led to a criminal charge or conviction of certain crimes to petition the court to vacate such conviction and expunge the police and court records related to such conviction or to expunge the police and court records related to such charge. The bill provides that there is a rebuttable presumption that a person's participation in an offense was a result of having been a victim of human trafficking if there is official documentation, defined in the bill, of the petitioner's status as a victim of human trafficking at the time of the offense.
Title
Victim of human trafficking; petition for vacatur/expungement of convictions & police/court records.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-12-04 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
2020-01-31 | House | Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
2019-12-30 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
2019-12-30 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103429D |
Same As/Similar To
HB268 (Carry Over) 2020-01-31 - Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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19 | 2 | 392.2:1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
19 | 2 | 392.4 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |