Commercial sex trafficking; issuance of writ of vacatur for victims. (HB2133)

Introduced By

Del. Karrie Delaney (D-Centreville) with support from 11 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Carrie Coyner (R-Chesterfield), Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Kelly Fowler (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Candi King (D-Woodbridge), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale)

Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
✓	Passed House
✓	Passed Senate
✓	Signed by Governor
✓	Became Law

Description

Issuance of writ of vacatur for victims of commercial sex trafficking. Establishes a procedure for victims of sex trafficking to file a petition of vacatur in circuit court to have certain convictions vacated and the police and court records expunged for such convictions. The bill requires the court to grant the writ and vacate a qualifying offense if it finds the petitioner (i) was convicted or adjudicated delinquent of a qualifying offense and (ii) committed the qualifying offense as a direct result of being a victim of sex trafficking, as defined in the bill. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. Read the Bill »

Status

04/07/2021: enacted

History

Date	Action
01/12/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102882D
01/12/2021	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/21/2021	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/21/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB2133)
01/22/2021	House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
01/22/2021	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2021	Read first time
01/26/2021	Read second time
01/26/2021	Committee amendment agreed to
01/26/2021	Engrossed by House as amended HB2133E
01/26/2021	Printed as engrossed 21102882D-E
01/27/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB2133E)
01/27/2021	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
01/27/2021	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed
01/28/2021	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
02/05/2021	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2021	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/15/2021	Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2021	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/17/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2021	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2021	Read third time
02/18/2021	Reading of amendments waived
02/18/2021	Committee amendments agreed to
02/18/2021	Engrossed by Senate as amended
02/18/2021	Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2021	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2021	Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2021	Placed on Calendar
02/22/2021	Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
02/22/2021	VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
02/25/2021	Enrolled
02/25/2021	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2133ER)
02/25/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB2133ER)
02/25/2021	Signed by President
02/26/2021	Signed by Speaker
03/01/2021	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
03/01/2021	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/31/2021	Governor's recommendation received by House
04/07/2021	Placed on Calendar
04/07/2021	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (100-Y 0-N)
04/07/2021	VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
04/07/2021	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
04/07/2021	G Governor's recommendation adopted
04/07/2021	Reenrolled
04/07/2021	Reenrolled bill text (HB2133ER2)
04/07/2021	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/07/2021	Signed by President as reenrolled
04/07/2021	Enacted, Chapter 543 (effective 7/1/21)
04/07/2021	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0543)