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2001 SESSION

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SB 879 Expungement of police and court records.

Introduced by: John C. Watkins | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Expungement of police and court records. Requires the petitioner to obtain a copy of his fingerprints from a law-enforcement agency and to submit a copy of the petition for expungement to the law-enforcement agency. The fingerprints are to be submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange (CCRE), which will conduct a fingerprint-based search of the records and submit the petitioner’s criminal history to the court. This bill is similar to HB 1742 (Griffith).

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/01  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/03/01 015955536  pdf
• 01/12/01  Senate: Printed as engrossed 015955536-E  pdf
• 02/22/01  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB879ER)  pdf
• 03/20/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345)  pdf

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HISTORY

• 01/10/01  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/03/01 015955536
• 01/10/01  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/10/01  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amd (13-Y 1-N)
• 01/11/01  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/11/01  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/12/01  Senate: Read second time
• 01/12/01  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 01/12/01  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 01/12/01  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 01/12/01  Senate: Printed as engrossed 015955536-E
• 01/15/01  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/15/01  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/15/01  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/06/01  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/06/01  House: Read first time
• 02/06/01  House: Referred to Committee on Militia and Police
• 02/12/01  House: Reported from M. & P. with amendment (23-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/01  House: Read second time
• 02/15/01  House: Read third time
• 02/15/01  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/15/01  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/15/01  House: Passed House with amendment (95-Y 3-N)
• 02/15/01  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 3-N)
• 02/19/01  Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/01  Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/01  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB879ER)
• 02/23/01  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/26/01  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/26/01  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/19/01  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 345 (effective 7/1/01)
• 03/20/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345)