BILL NUMBER: SB 738	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act relating to criminal records.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 738, as introduced, Yee. Criminal records: expungement.
   Existing law authorizes the expungement of arrest records and
records of convictions under specified circumstances if certain
criteria are met.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation authorizing human trafficking victims who suffered arrest
or conviction for prostitution as a minor to have those records
expunged upon reaching the age of majority, as appropriate.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation authorizing human trafficking victims who suffered arrest
or conviction for prostitution as a minor to have those records
expunged upon reaching the age of majority, as appropriate.