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2007 SESSION

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HB 2959 Police and court records; expungement hearing to occur if person granted writ vacating a conviction.

Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Expungement of police and court records.  Requires the appellate court that grants a writ of actual innocence to forward a copy of the order to the circuit court, where an order of expungement shall be immediately granted. If a person has been granted an absolute pardon by the Governor for a crime he did not commit and files a petition for expungement, the expungement is automatic.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/07  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073209232  pdf
• 02/03/07  House: Committee substitute printed 077041232-H1  pdf
• 02/12/07  Senate: Committee substitute printed 070589232-S1  pdf
• 02/22/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2959ER)  pdf
• 04/04/07  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2959ER2)  pdf
• 04/11/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0883)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments
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HISTORY

• 01/10/07  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073209232
• 01/10/07  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/17/07  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
• 02/02/07  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/07  House: Committee substitute printed 077041232-H1
• 02/03/07  House: Read first time
• 02/05/07  House: Read second time
• 02/05/07  House: Committee substitute agreed to 077041232-H1
• 02/05/07  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2959H1
• 02/06/07  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/07  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/07  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/07/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/07/07  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/12/07  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/07  Senate: Committee substitute printed 070589232-S1
• 02/13/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: Read third time
• 02/14/07  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/14/07  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 070589232-S1
• 02/14/07  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/14/07  Senate: Amendments by Senator Stolle agreed to
• 02/14/07  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB2959S1
• 02/14/07  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/07  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/16/07  House: Senate substitute with amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/07  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/07  House: Enrolled
• 02/22/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2959ER)
• 02/23/07  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/24/07  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/07  House: Governor's recommendation received by House
• 04/03/07  House: Placed on Calendar
• 04/04/07  House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
• 04/04/07  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
• 04/04/07  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
• 04/04/07  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 04/04/07  House: Reenrolled
• 04/04/07  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2959ER2)
• 04/04/07  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/04/07  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/04/07  House: Enacted, Chapter 883 (effective 7/1/07)
• 04/11/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0883)