2025 bills / H.B. 137
H.B. 137 Human Trafficking Expungement Amendments (2025)
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- Senate committee
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What this bill does
This bill lets a person who was forced, defrauded, or coerced into prostitution, aiding prostitution, or sexual solicitation file a request to expunge (erase) those records without first getting a certificate of eligibility. It also changes how an expungement order is handled for those same offenses.
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Official description
- allows an individual to file a petition for expungement, without a certificate of eligibility, if the individual is seeking an expungement of records for prostitution, aiding prostitution, or sexual solicitation and the individual was subject to force, fraud, or coercion at the time of the conduct
- addresses an order for expungement when the individual is seeking an expungement of records for prostitution, aiding prostitution, or sexual solicitation
- makes technical and conforming changes
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