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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 1379

Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-02-14Topic: criminal justice

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2025 This bill establishes a process to vacate convictions and expunge arrest records for certain criminal offenses committed by victims of human trafficking that directly result from or relate to having been a trafficking victim. It defines the offenses eligible to be vacated or expunged and sets forth procedures for filing a motion. The Government Accountability Office must assess the impact of this process, including the number of human trafficking survivors who file motions to vacate convictions or expunge records. The bill permits certain grants for legal representation to be used to seek post-conviction relief. Finally, the bill creates a rebuttable presumption that a defendant committed certain offenses under duress if the defendant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that he or she was a victim of human trafficking at the time of the offense.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-02-14HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-02-14Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-02-14Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-01. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.