Makes certain procedural and substantive reforms to expungement statutes to reduce filing burdens and expand eligibility.
The bill makes several key changes to New Jersey's expungement laws to make the process easier and expand eligibility. It allows people who successfully complete Recovery Court (special probation for substance use disorders) to have their entire criminal records expunged, including indictable crimes. It streamlines the process by allowing people to include all eligible municipal violations and juvenile records on a single petition rather than filing multiple petitions. The bill also reduces the waiting period for automatic "Clean Slate" expungements from 10 to 7 years and removes barriers related to out-of-state convictions.
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Sep 2024
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Introduced Sep 19, 2024
Last action Sep 19, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
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Annette Quijano
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