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2024 SESSION

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HB 260 Police and court records; expungement of records.

Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Expungement of police and court records. Provides that for the purposes of expungement of police and court records the term "otherwise dismissed" means to render a legal action out of consideration in a different way or manner than a nolle prosequi or formal dismissal by the trial court. The bill specifies that the term "otherwise dismissed" also includes those circumstances when a person is charged with the commission of a crime, a civil offense, or any offense defined in relevant law and the initial charge is reduced or amended to another offense, including a lesser included offense or the same offense with a lesser gradient of punishment, so that such person is not convicted of the initial charge and may file a petition requesting expungement of the police and court records relating to the initial charge.

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100850D  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100850D
• 01/05/24  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/15/24  House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)