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2020 SESSION
HB 268 Victim of human trafficking; petition for vacatur/expungement of convictions & police/court records.
Introduced by: Steve E. Heretick | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
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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HISTORY
- 12/30/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103429D
- 12/30/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/31/20 House: Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote