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Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2024

Introduced: March 5, 2024 Introduced by: Fry, Russell Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 11, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 702.
Dec 11, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-863.
Sep 25, 2024
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 25, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jan 30, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 30, 2024
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2024 

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 that he or she was a victim of human trafficking at the time of the offense.

What's happening now December 11, 2024

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 702.

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 Cosponsors 38
All 38 Democratic 15 Republican 18
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Bera, Ami
California · Nov 20, 2024
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Oct 1, 2024
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Oct 1, 2024
 D
Swalwell, Eric
California · Oct 1, 2024
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 20, 2024
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 19, 2024
 R
Cammack, Kat
Florida · Sep 16, 2024
 R
Biggs, Andy
Arizona · Sep 9, 2024
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Sep 6, 2024
 D
Frost, Maxwell
Florida · Aug 30, 2024
 R
Collins, Mike
Georgia · Jul 8, 2024
 D
Landsman, Greg
Ohio · Jul 8, 2024
Lesko, Debbie
· Jun 28, 2024
 R
Miller, Max L.
Ohio · Jun 28, 2024
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 24, 2024
 R
Owens, Burgess
Utah · Apr 9, 2024
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Mar 19, 2024
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Mar 5, 2024
Peltola, Mary
· Mar 5, 2024
 D
Budzinski, Nikki
Illinois · Feb 28, 2024
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 28, 2024
 R
Lawler, Michael
New York · Feb 5, 2024
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 31, 2024
 R
Donalds, Byron
Florida · Jan 30, 2024
 D
Garcia, Robert
California · Jan 30, 2024
 R
Houchin, Erin
Indiana · Jan 30, 2024
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Jan 30, 2024
 R
Kean, Thomas H.
New Jersey · Jan 30, 2024
 R
Langworthy, Nicholas A.
New York · Jan 30, 2024
LaTurner, Jake
· Jan 30, 2024
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jan 30, 2024
 R
Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · Jan 30, 2024
 R
Miller, Mary E.
Illinois · Jan 30, 2024
 R
Moore, Barry
Alabama · Jan 30, 2024
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Jan 30, 2024
 R
Timmons, William R.
South Carolina · Jan 30, 2024
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Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Jan 30, 2024
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jan 30, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7137: Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7137/
MLA
"H.R. 7137: Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7137/.
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H.R. 7137, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7137/.
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