Police and court records; expungement of records if granted a simple pardon for the crime.
Summary
Expungement of police and court records; pardons. Allows a person to petition for the expungement of the police andcourt records relating to such person's conviction if he has beengranted a simple pardon for the crime. Under current law, policeand court records relating to convictions are only expunged if aperson received an absolute pardon for a crime he did not commit.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Nov 25, 2019
Last action Jan 31, 2020
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Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Nov 25, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Nov 25, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100979D
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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