Louise Lucas
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 18
Sealing of offenses resulting in a deferred and dismissed disposition or conviction. Eliminates the lifetime cap on the number of sealing petitions that may be filed. The bill reduces from seven years to three years for a misdemeanor offense and from 10 years to seven years for a felony offense the minimum period of time between the offense to be sealed and the filing of the sealing petition during which the petitioner must not have been convicted of violating any law of the Commonwealth. The bill also reduces from seven years to three years the minimum period of time between the offense to be sealed and the automatic sealing of a misdemeanor offense. The bill also clarifies that a sealing petition may seal records related to any violation of the terms and conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for such conviction that were specifically set forth in the petition to be sealed.
Sealing of offenses resulting in a deferredand dismissed disposition or conviction. Provides that a personshall not pay any fees or costs for filing a sealing criminalrecords petition. Under current law, a person is required to filean indigence petition for any fees or costs to be waived. The billalso eliminates the lifetime cap on the number of sealing petitionsthat may be filed. The bill reduces from seven years to three yearsfor a misdemeanor offense and from 10 years to seven years for a felony offense the minimum period of time between the offense tobe sealed and the filing of the sealing petition during which thepetitioner must not have been convicted of violating any law of theCommonwealth. The bill also adds convictions for (i) failure to paychild support, (ii) driving without a license, (iii) driving witha suspended or revoked license, and (iv) a misdemeanor violation of reckless driving to the list of offenses eligible for an automaticsealing. The bill also specifies that the sealing of records relatedto a conviction includes sealing any criminal history record informationand court records related to any violation of the terms and conditionsof a suspended sentence or probation for such conviction.
Left in Courts of Justice
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Read first time
Impact statement from DPB (SB564ES1)
Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
Committee substitute agreed to 22105787D-S1
Read second time
Reading of substitute waived
Reading of amendment waived
Committee amendment agreed to
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB564ES1
Printed as engrossed 22105787D-ES1
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 1-N)
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Impact statement from DPB (SB564S1)
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (7-Y 6-N 2-A)
Committee substitute printed 22105787D-S1
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104109D
Bill Text Versions | Format |
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104109D | PDF HTML |
Committee substitute printed 22105787D-S1 | PDF HTML |
SB564ES1 | PDF HTML |
Document | Format |
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Fiscal Impact Statement: SB564FS1122.PDF | |
Fiscal Impact Statement: SB564FES1122.PDF | |
Amendment: SB564AS | HTML |
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