The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard Sen. Sandlin’s SB 166 on vacating convictions of trafficked persons. The bill provides that a child who was: (1) the victim of human trafficking; and (2) adjudicated a delinquent child for an act performed while a victim of human trafficking; is entitled to have the adjudication vacated if certain conditions are met. The bill also provides that a person who was: (1) the victim of human trafficking as an adult; and (2) was convicted of a nonviolent offense committed while the person was being trafficked; is entitled to have the person’s conviction vacated if certain conditions are met.
The following testified in support of the bill: Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council, Marion County Commission on Youth, Indiana Protection for Abused and Trafficked Humans Task Force, Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, Indiana Family Institute, and Indiana Public Defender Council. The chair held the bill to prepare amendments.
Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/166