HOPE for Victims of Human Trafficking Act

United States116th CongressHR-5080House of Representatives
Updated: Dec 18, 2019

Summary

Help Obtaining Presumption of Exoneration for Victims of Human Trafficking Act or the HOPE for Victims of Human Trafficking Act This bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that certain offenses were induced by coercion if the defendant establishes that he or she was a victim of human trafficking at the time of the offense.

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Timeline

  1. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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  2. Introduced in House

  3. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8870)

  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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