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Authors Krell  
Subject Human trafficking: vacatur relief for victims.
Relating To relating to crimes.
Title An act to amend Section 236.14 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.
Last Action Dt 2025-02-13
State Introduced
Status Died
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2026-02-02     From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
2026-01-31     Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
2025-03-26     In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-02-24     Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-02-14     From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2025-02-13     Read first time. To print.
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Introduced     2025-02-13
Analyses TBD
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Existing law allows a person who was arrested or convicted of a nonviolent offense while they were a victim of human trafficking to petition the court, under penalty of perjury, for vacatur relief. To receive that relief, existing law requires that the person establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that the arrest or conviction was the direct result of being a victim of human trafficking, intimate partner violence, or sexual violence, which demonstrates that the person lacked the requisite intent to commit the offense. Existing law requires the court, under those circumstances, to find that the person lacked the requisite intent to commit the offense and to vacate the conviction as invalid due to legal defect at the time of the arrest or conviction. Existing law requires a court that issues an order for relief pursuant to these provisions to also order any law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the offense to seal and destroy their records of the offense.