The section applies to convictions and arrests occurring before, on or after enactment
To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, section 2, Sec. 2.
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The section applies to convictions and arrests occurring before, on or after enactment
The document says “shall apply”Who acts: United States district courtsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“This section shall apply to any conviction or arrest occurring before, on, or after the date of enactment of this section.”
The section reaches backward as well as forward. It applies to any conviction or arrest occurring before, on or after the date the section was enacted, which was January 23, 2026.
What the document actually says
“This section shall apply to any conviction or arrest occurring before, on, or after the date of enactment of this section.”
That sentence, in plain words
This part covers a guilty ruling or arrest from any time. Before this law, on the day of it, or after.
What this is about
Some new laws only reach ahead. This one reaches back too. An old record can be wiped out.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, Public Law 119-73, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 2003 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ73/html/PLAW-119publ73.htm
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“The section applies to convictions and arrests occurring before, on or after enactment,” Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/trafficking-survivors-relief-act/proposal/sec02-applicability-to-past-records/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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