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Bills / S.B. 303

S.B. 303 Expungement Amendments

received from HouseWritten by Sen. Stephanie Pitcher · carried in the House by Rep. Jake Sawyer

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

The bill would let a person with a civil protective order petition a judge for expungement of a related criminal case once 10 years have passed since the order was entered. The judge would weigh factors such as the interest of justice, and an expungement would not be automatically granted.

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Official description
  • modifies a term related to the expungement of criminal records
  • addresses eligibility for expungement when there is a criminal protective order, a criminal stalking injunction, or a civil protective order
  • addresses the numerical limits that make a petitioner ineligible to receive a certificate of eligibility for an expungement
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