An act relating to diversion and expungement

Added a statement of purpose explaining that the bill permits courts to consider expungement of diversion cases without requiring prior dismissal by the prosecutor, and reaffirms that expungement is contingent on restitution payment.

Added legislative header information including sponsor (Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington), committee referral, and subject line.

Removed the governor's signature date (April 18, 2023) and the VT LEG tracking number footer that appeared in the enacted version.

Header changed from 'Bill As Passed By the House' format to enrolled bill format with number 'No. 5' and removal of committee referral and statement of purpose sections.

Governor's signature date of April 18, 2023 was added at the end of the enacted version.

In both 3 V.S.A. 163(e) (juvenile) and 3 V.S.A. 164(g) (adult), the condition for denying expungement was changed from 'the participant has not paid restitution pursuant to subdivision (D)' to 'the participant does not satisfy each of subdivisions (A)-(D). This makes the denial standard consistent with all four conditions the court must affirmatively find before ordering expungement, rather than singling out only restitution as a blocking factor.

Added bill metadata including sponsor (Rep. LaLonde), committee referral, subject line, and a statement of purpose summarizing the bill's intent to allow courts to consider expungement without prior prosecutor dismissal and to reaffirm restitution as a condition.

Changed document formatting from 3 pages to 6 pages by adding line numbers throughout, page headers and footers on each page, and adjusting indentation of subsections.