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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 5006 Police and court records; expungement of certain records, pardons.
Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Expungement of police and court records; pardons. Allows a person to petition for the expungement of the police and court records relating to such person's conviction for misdemeanors and certain felonies if he has been granted a simple pardon for the crime. Under current law, police and court records relating to convictions are only expunged if a person received an absolute pardon for a crime he did not commit.
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HISTORY
- 07/29/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200173D
- 07/29/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 08/20/20 Senate: Incorporated by Judiciary (SB5043-Deeds) (14-Y 0-N)