S.2255 Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.
Introduce and support legislation to provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.
Occurrences
Evidence
Coons's Senate legislation page lists S.104 as cosponsored on 01/11/2017: a bill on vacating convictions and expunging arrests of trafficking victims.
Congress.gov lists S.4214's official title as legislation for vacating convictions and expunging arrests of trafficking victims, with Coons an original cosponsor.
The introduced text says Gillibrand, Hyde-Smith, Coons, and Daines introduced S.2255 to provide vacatur and expungement relief for trafficking victims.
Congress.gov lists Coons as an original cosponsor of S.2255 and identifies H.R.4323 as an identical bill that became Public Law 119-73.
Congress.gov records H.R.4323 passed the Senate by unanimous consent on 12/18/2025 and became Public Law 119-73 on 01/23/2026.
Public Law 119-73 creates 18 U.S.C. 3771A, allowing motions to vacate convictions and expunge arrest records for eligible trafficking victims.
Assessments
Coons satisfied the introduce/support component by cosponsoring the relevant trafficking-survivor vacatur and expungement legislation in the 2017, 2024, and 2025 Senate versions. The substantive policy outcome was enacted as Public Law 119-73 on January 23, 2026, through an identical House bill, while Coons was serving in a later Senate term and had backed the identical Senate measure.