SB 14 Summary - Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment and Eliminate Recidivism (REDEEMER) Act

• Expands criminal record expungement eligibility to include convictions of certain misdemeanor offenses, traffic violations, municipal ordinance violations, and non-violent felony offenses, in addition to existing limited circumstances for charged (not convicted) offenses.

• Increases the administrative filing fee for expungement petitions from $300 to $500, with distributions to the State Judicial Administrative Fund ($75), Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences ($25), district attorney's office ($50), circuit court clerk ($50), Public Safety Fund ($50), county law enforcement fund ($50), State General Fund ($100), and Education Trust Fund ($100).

• Allows expungement of certain violent felony convictions (promoting prostitution in the first degree, domestic violence in the third degree, and production of obscene matter involving minors) when the person proves they committed the offense while being human trafficked.

• Permits persons found not guilty of any felony charge (including violent offenses) to petition for expungement without a waiting period.

• Becomes effective the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.