Virginia SB 914: Victim of human trafficking; petition for vacatur/expungement of convictions & police/court records.

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SENATE BILL NO. 914 

Offered January 8, 2020 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 19.2-392.4 of the Code of 
 Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 
 19.2-392.2:1, relating to petition for vacatur and expungement of convictions 
 and police and court records of victims of human 
 trafficking. 
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Patron-- Locke 

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Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 19.2-392.4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 
 19.2-392.2:1 as follows:

� 19.2-392.2:1. Petition 
 for vacatur and expungement of convictions and police and court records of victims of human 
 trafficking.

A. For the purposes of 
 this section:

"Human 
 trafficking" means sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking in 
 persons as defined in the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, 22 
 U.S.C. � 7101 et seq..

"Official 
 documentation" means any documentation issued by a federal, state, or 
 local agency tending to show a person's status as a victim of human 
 trafficking.

"Victim of human 
 trafficking" means (i) any person who was induced to engage in a violation 
 of � 18.2-47, 18.2-48, 18.2-346, 18.2-347, 18.2-348, 18.2-349, 18.2-355, 
 18.2-356, 18.2-357, or 18.2-357.1 through the use of force, intimidation, or 
 deception of another; (ii) any minor used in a violation of � 18.2-47, 18.2-48, 
 18.2-346, 18.2-347, 18.2-348, 18.2-349, 18.2-355, 18.2-356, 18.2-357, or 
 18.2-357.1; or (iii) any person subjected to human trafficking regardless of 
 whether the perpetrator of the human trafficking has been charged with or 
 convicted of an offense.

B. Any person may file a 
 petition for vacatur and expungement setting forth the relevant facts and 
 requesting (i) expungement of the police records and the court records relating 
 to a charge or (ii) that the judgment of a conviction 
 for an offense be vacated and expungement of the police records and the court 
 records relating to such conviction, if at the time of offense leading to such 
 charge or conviction such person was a victim of human trafficking and:

1. Such person is 
 charged with and convicted of a violation of clause (i) or (ii) of subsection B 
 of � 18.2-46.3; a violation of � 18.2-346, 18.2-347, 18.2-348, 18.2-349, 
 18.2-357.1, or 18.2-460; or any conspiracy or attempt to commit any offense 
 specified in this subdivision, or any substantially similar offense under the 
 laws of another state or territory of the United States, the District of 
 Columbia, or the United States, and such offense was committed as part of a 
 human trafficking scheme or at the direction of an operator of a human 
 trafficking scheme; or

2. Such person is 
 charged with and convicted of any misdemeanor, 
 other than those specifically enu