HR 4323 · enacted · significant
Trafficking Survivors Relief Act
- criminal justice
What this bill does
- This bill allows human trafficking victims to vacate convictions and expunge arrest records for crimes they committed as a direct result of their trafficking.
- It affects trafficking survivors, courts, and legal aid organizations that represent them in post-conviction relief proceedings.
- The government will track how many survivors use this process; legal aid grants can now cover these cases.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should courts determine whether a crime was committed as a direct result of trafficking rather than for other reasons?
- 02
What resources and funding will legal aid organizations need to handle the expected increase in post-conviction relief cases from trafficking survivors?
- 03
How might expungement of trafficking survivors' records affect their employment, housing, and reintegration compared to leaving convictions on record?
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Sponsor · R-SC-7
Russell Fry
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
19/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2026-01-23
Joining the bill
Ann Wagner
R-MO-2 · original
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
D-GA-4 · original
Ted Lieu
D-CA-36
Mike Thompson
D-CA-4
Burgess Owens
R-UT-4
Sarah McBride
D-DE
Christopher H. Smith
R-NJ-4
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
R-NJ-7
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
R-GA-1
Kevin Kiley
R-CA-3
Derek Schmidt
R-KS-2
Debbie Dingell
D-MI-6
+ 7 more
Legislative timeline
2026-01-23 · President
Became Public Law No: 119-73.
2026-01-23 · BecameLaw
Became Public Law No: 119-73.
2026-01-23 · President
Signed by President.
2026-01-23 · BecameLaw
Signed by President.
2026-01-12 · house · Floor
Presented to President.
2026-01-12 · President
Presented to President.
2025-12-19 · senate · Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2025-12-18 · senate · Floor
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8894)
2025-12-18 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2025-12-02 · senate · IntroReferral
Received in the Senate, read twice.
2025-12-01 · house · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-12-01 · house · Floor
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4919-4921)
2025-12-01 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4919-4921)
2025-12-01 · house · Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4323.
2025-12-01 · house · Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4919-4923)
2025-12-01 · house · Floor
Mr. Fry moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2025-10-17 · house · Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 299.
2025-10-17 · house · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-347.
2025-10-17 · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-347.
2025-09-10 · house · Committee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2025-09-10 · house · Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-07-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-07-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-07-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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