Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Feb 14, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 140 words.
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.
- Committees
- House Judiciary Committee
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
- Sponsor
- 3 of 27 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 2,793 words
- Subjects
- Congressional oversightCrime victimsCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingEvidence and witnessesGovernment information and archives +5 more
- Latest action
- Feb 14, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 2 in all.
Shared text, or included in a law · 1
- 119th H.R. 4323 Trafficking Survivors Relief Act R · Law
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th S. 2255 Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2025 D · Introduced