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Relating to the expungement of domestic abuse and sexual abuse dismissals
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 domestic abuse and sexual abuse dismissals. The bill provides that upon application by a respondent in a domestic abuse case or a sexual abuse case, the court shall enter an order expunging the record of either case if the court finds that the court has entered an order dismissing the petition alleging that the respondent committed domestic abuse or sexual abuse; all court costs, fees, and other financial obligations ordered against the respondent have been paid; and a minimum of 180 days have passed since the dismissal of the case unless the court finds good cause to waive the requirement.
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All the parties in the case must be allowed time to object on the grounds that one or more of the relevant conditions for expungement as specified in the bill have been met before the court is allowed to enter an order expunging the record of a domestic abuse case or a sexual abuse case. The bill amends the definition of “expunged” to include court records that are not criminal in nature.
House subcommittee
Named January 29, 2020. On February 19, 2020 it recommended indefinite postponement.
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Similar bills
- HF 2140 Relating to the expungement of domestic abuse and sexual abuse dismissals89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2419Nearly identical
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