Criminal records, certain; establishes a process for the automatic expungement, report.
Summary
Automatic expungement of criminal records.Establishes a process for the automatic expungement of criminal recordsfor misdemeanors, certain felony convictions, deferred dispositions,and acquittals and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed. The bill also provides a process for the automatic expungementof criminal records for charges arising from mistaken identity orthe unauthorized use of identifying information. The bill has staggereddelayed effective dates in order to develop systems for implementingthe provisions of the bill.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Last action Feb 1, 2021
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
6
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Jan 26, 2021
Committee
Assigned Judiciary sub: Expungement
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102250D
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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