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type: "Bill"
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title: "Commercial sex trafficking; issuance of writ of vacatur for victims."
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description: "Issuance of writ of vacatur for victims of commercial sex trafficking. Establishes a procedure for victims of sex trafficking to file a petition of vacatur in circuit court to have certain convictions vacated and the police and court records expunged for such convictions. The bill requires the court to grant the writ and vacate a qualifying offense if it finds the petitioner (i) was convicted or adjudicated delinquent of a qualifying offense and (ii) committed the qualifying offense as a direct result of being a victim of sex trafficking, as defined in the bill. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2133"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2133 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b7fc4f7-e554-4441-b74d-018b59ac6483"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2133"
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source_hash: "1de4bc86b58dab2e14373b316fd976306885a0e3cc7583629cac85dcda3990c9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2133 (2021) — Commercial sex trafficking; issuance of writ of vacatur for victims.
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Issuance of writ of vacatur for victims of commercial sex trafficking. Establishes a procedure for victims of sex trafficking to file a petition of vacatur in circuit court to have certain convictions vacated and the police and court records expunged for such convictions. The bill requires the court to grant the writ and vacate a qualifying offense if it finds the petitioner (i) was convicted or adjudicated delinquent of a qualifying offense and (ii) committed the qualifying offense as a direct result of being a victim of sex trafficking, as defined in the bill. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0543** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0543)
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2. **HB2133ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2133ER)
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3. **HB2133ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2133ER2)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102882D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2133)
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5. **Printed as engrossed 21102882D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2133E)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
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- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
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- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
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- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102882D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2133)
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- **2021-01-22** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-26** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2021-01-26** Engrossed by House as amended HB2133E
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- **2021-01-26** Printed as engrossed 21102882D-E
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- **2021-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB2133E)
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- **2021-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-15** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-18** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2021-02-18** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2021-02-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-18** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-22** Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2133ER)
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-31** Governor's recommendation received by House
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- **2021-04-07** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-04-07** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-04-07** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-04-07** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-04-07** Governor's recommendation adopted
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- **2021-04-07** Reenrolled
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- **2021-04-07** Reenrolled bill text (HB2133ER2)
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- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
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- **2021-04-07** Signed by President as reenrolled
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- **2021-04-07** Enacted, Chapter 543 (effective 7/1/21) `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b7fc4f7-e554-4441-b74d-018b59ac6483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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