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LAW TO BE ENFORCED. NEW TONIGHT. VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING COULD PETITION TO HAVE THEIR CRIMINAL RECORDS EXPUNGED UNDER A NEW IOWA BILL. THE HOUSE PASSED IT UNANIMOUSLY ON THE FLOOR TODAY. HOUSE FILE, 926 ALLOWS THE VICTIM TO PETITION TO HAVE CRIMES FORGIVEN THAT WERE COMMITTED WHILE THE PERSON WAS BEING TRAFFICKED. TRAFFICKED. THIS WOULD NOT INCLUDE VIOLENT CRIMES LIKE HOMICIDE. LAWMAKERS SAY MANY OF THESE VICTIMS WERE FORCED TO BREAK THE LAW BY THEIR TRAFFICKERS. REPRESENTATIVE MARK THOMPSON OF CLARION SAYS AN IOWAN SHARED HER STORY WITH HIM AND INSPIRED HIM TO DRAFT THE BILL. MANDY SHIVERS, WHO’S RIGHT UP HERE IN THE NORTH CHAMBER. SHE HELPED ME DO THIS. I MET HER IN HER HER DAUGHTER ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, AND TO SAY THAT SHE’S AN INSPIRATION TO BE