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2022 SESSION
SB 742 Marijuana; expungement of offenses, civil penalty.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Expungement of offenses civil penalty. Provides for the automatic sealing of misdemeanor marijuana offenses and the petition-based sealing for certain felony marijuana offenses. The bill requires a business screening service, defined in the bill, to destroy all expunged records, as defined in the bill, and to follow reasonable procedures to ensure that it does not maintain or sell expunged records. The bill also provides that any petition for expungement shall be kept under seal and that an indigent person may file a petition for expungement without the payment of fees and costs and can request court-appointed counsel, who shall be paid from the Sealing Fee Fund. The bill has staggered delayed effective dates in order to develop systems for implementing the sealing provisions of the bill.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22104596D pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/22 Senate: Printed as engrossed 22104596D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/21/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22104596D
- 01/21/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/07/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with amendments (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/07/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/10/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N)
- 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/15/22 Senate: Read second time
- 02/15/22 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/15/22 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/15/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB742E
- 02/15/22 Senate: Printed as engrossed 22104596D-E
- 02/15/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/22 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/22/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/22 House: Read first time
- 02/22/22 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/27/22 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 03/04/22 House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N)
- 03/08/22 House: Left in Courts of Justice