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type: "Bill"
title: "Human trafficking; issuance of writ of vacatur for victims."
description: "Issuance of writ of vacatur for victims of human trafficking. Amends the procedure that allows victims of human trafficking, defined in the bill, to file a petition of vacatur in circuit court to have certain convictions vacated and the police and court records expunged for such convictions. This bill incorporates HB 2227 and is identical to SB 1460."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2393"
citation: "Virginia HB 2393 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Candi Mundon King"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a367fff-8943-4895-8bb9-e6badebf725b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2393"
source_hash: "eb5665ac242eb0907d87b1de89c5e69f674687c3c71e3d3752d3a7da90d9a104"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2393 (2025) — Human trafficking; issuance of writ of vacatur for victims.
Issuance of writ of vacatur for victims of human trafficking. Amends the procedure that allows victims of human trafficking, defined in the bill, to file a petition of vacatur in circuit court to have certain convictions vacated and the police and court records expunged for such convictions. This bill incorporates HB 2227 and is identical to SB 1460.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016635.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079275.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1027130.PDF)
4. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073784.HTML)
5. **HCJ Sub: Criminal Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1026354.PDF)
6. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074986.PDF)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050504.PDF)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Candi Mundon King — primary (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103475D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-24** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24** Committee substitute printed 25105856D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-29** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- **2025-01-29** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2393)
- **2025-02-10** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2393ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2393)
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB2393ER2) `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 663 (Effective 07/01/25) `became-law`
- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a367fff-8943-4895-8bb9-e6badebf725b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).