Criminal records; establishes a process for automatic expungement for certain convictions, report.
Summary
Automatic expungement of criminal records.Establishes a process for the automatic expungement, defined in the bill, of criminal records for certain convictions, deferred dispositions,and acquittals and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwisedismissed. 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 13, 2021
Last action Feb 1, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Committee
Assigned Judiciary sub: Expungement
upper
Jan 13, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 13, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102017D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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