Relating to the expungement of records of certain misdemeanor offenses, and including applicability provisions

51(e) (table 4) (commercial driver’s licenses); and any conviction under prior law of an offense comparable to an offense enumerated in the bill. In addition, the bill does not apply to a defendant who is the subject of a protective order or a no-contact order; a defendant who has been subsequently convicted of or granted a deferred judgment for any criminal offense, other than a simple misdemeanor conviction under Code chapter 321 or of a similar local ordinance; or a defendant who has previously been granted two deferred judgments. The bill prohibits a person from applying more than once for an expungement of the person’s record. A person shall be granted an expungement of a record only one time in the person’s lifetime. However, the one application may request the expungement of records relating to more than one misdemeanor offense if the misdemeanor offenses arose from the same transaction or occurrence, and the application contains the misdemeanor offenses to be expunged.7 but shall be made available by the clerk of the district court upon court order. The bill also provides that 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. The bill provides that the supreme court may prescribe rules governing expungement procedures applicable to criminal cases pursuant to the division. The bill applies to misdemeanor convictions that occur prior to, on, or after July 1, 2019.