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2021 SESSION
HB 293 Police and court records; expungement of records.
Introduced by: Don L. Scott | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Expungement of police and court records; nolle prosequi taken or acquittal. Provides that a court that takes a nolle prosequi or enters a judgment acquitting a person of a criminal charge shall, upon motion of the person, enter an order requiring the expungement of the police and court records relating to the charge. Currently, such a person may file a separate petition for the expungement of such records; however, except in certain cases involving misdemeanor charges, the person is not entitled to an order of expungement, and the court hearing the petition must find that the continued existence and possible dissemination of such records causes or may cause circumstances that constitute a manifest injustice to such person before such an order will be entered.
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HISTORY
- 12/30/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102010D
- 12/30/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/31/20 House: Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
- 12/04/20 House: Left in Courts of Justice