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Relating to the expungement of simple misdemeanor offenses
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the expungement of a simple misdemeanor offense. The term “expunged” means the court’s criminal record with reference to a deferred judgment or any other criminal record that has been segregated in a secure area or database which is exempt from public access. The bill provides that upon the application of a defendant convicted of a simple misdemeanor, the court shall enter an order expunging the record of such criminal case as a matter of law if the defendant has established that more than five years have passed since the date of the conviction; the defendant has not been subsequently convicted of or granted a deferred judgment for any criminal offense; and the defendant is not currently charged with any criminal offense or more than 10 years have passed since the date of the conviction; the defendant has not been subsequently convicted of or granted a deferred judgment for a felony offense; and the defendant is not currently charged with any criminal offense.
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2A (domestic abuse assault). The bill applies to a simple misdemeanor conviction that occurs prior to, on, or after July 1, 2019.2 (dissemination of criminal history data) after receipt of notice from the clerk of the district court that a record of conviction has been expunged, the record of conviction shall be removed from the criminal history data files maintained by the department of public safety if such a record was maintained in the criminal history data files.