Lee J. Carter
- Democratic
Petition for reclassification or expungementof certain convictions and police and court records. Allows a person who has been convicted of (i) a felony or misdemeanor offensethat has been decriminalized or otherwise made lawful or (ii) a felonyoffense that has been statutorily reduced to a misdemeanor offensesince the conviction of such person to file a petition requesting(a) expungement of the police records and the court records relatingto any misdemeanor or felony charge that has been decriminalizedor otherwise made lawful or (b) reclassification of the police recordsand the court records relating to a felony offense that has been statutorily reduced to a misdemeanor offense. The bill requires thecourt to enter an order reclassifying the offense, in the case ofa felony offense that has been statutorily reduced to a misdemeanoroffense, or requiring the expungement of the police and court recordsof an offense that has been decriminalized or otherwise made lawful,if the court finds that the offense for which the person was convictedhas since been decriminalized or otherwise made lawful, or has beenstatutorily reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor offense.
Left in Courts of Justice
Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice
Impact statement from DPB (HB647)
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100841D
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Fiscal Impact Statement: HB647F122.PDF |
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