Police and court records; fee for filing a petition for expungement.
Summary
Expungement of police and court records; fees.Provides that the fee for filing a petition for expungement is$25. The bill also eliminates the provision that requires the clerkof the court to refund a petitioner any filing costs paid if suchpetitioner's expungement petition is granted.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Last action Feb 1, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Feb 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (10-Y 3-N)
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Committee
Assigned Judiciary sub: Expungement
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102002D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill DeSteph
RRepublican
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