Police and court records; expungement hearing to occur if person granted writ vacating a conviction. (HB2076)
Introduced By
Del. Ward Armstrong (D-Martinsville)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
✓ |
Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Expungement of police and court records. Allows an expungement hearing to occur immediately following an acquittal or dismissal. The bill also provides an automatic expungement if the convicted person has been granted a writ of actual innocence. Read the Bill »
Status
03/19/2007: signed by governor
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/08/2007 | Committee |
| 01/08/2007 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 077729216 |
| 01/08/2007 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/16/2007 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| 02/03/2007 | Read first time |
| 02/05/2007 | Read second time |
| 02/05/2007 | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 02/05/2007 | Engrossed by House as amended HB2076E |
| 02/05/2007 | Printed as engrossed 077729216-E |
| 02/06/2007 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/06/2007 | Communicated to Senate |
| 02/07/2007 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/07/2007 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/16/2007 | Committee substitute printed 070752820-S1 |
| 02/19/2007 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 02/19/2007 | VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2007 | Read third time |
| 02/20/2007 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/20/2007 | Committee substitute agreed to 070752820-S1 |
| 02/20/2007 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2076S1 |
| 02/20/2007 | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) |
| 02/20/2007 | VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/21/2007 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/22/2007 | Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) |
| 02/22/2007 | VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/08/2007 | Enrolled |
| 03/08/2007 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2076ER) |
| 03/08/2007 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/11/2007 | Signed by President |
| 03/19/2007 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 465 (effective 7/1/07) |
| 03/27/2007 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465) |
Comments
This bill makes good sense, and will hold down the costs of getting an expungement. I have one concern though -- I wish there were some standard set forth as to when expungement would be granted. Right now the standard, de facto, is "It is important enough to me that I am willing to pay a lawyer a bunch of money to go into court, and to do a long,drawn-out process to get it done." That's not a very good standard, but it is better than nothing.