VA SB914 | 2021 | Regular Session

Note: Carry Over of previous SB914

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [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.

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Title

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

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2020-12-04SenateLeft in Judiciary
2020-01-29SenateContinued to 2021 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
2020-01-20SenateAssigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
2020-01-08SenateReferred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-08SenatePresented and ordered printed 20104541D

Same As/Similar To

SB914 (Carry Over) 2020-01-29 - Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
192392.2:1(n/a)See Bill Text
192392.4(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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