AL SB223

Amends Alabama Code Section 15-27-2 to allow persons convicted of nonviolent Class C or Class D felonies to petition for expungement if the offense is not a sex offense or crime of moral turpitude and the person has not been arrested for any other felony or misdemeanor within the five years prior to filing.

Maintains existing expungement procedures for dismissed charges, no-billed charges, not guilty verdicts, nolle prossed charges, quashed indictments, and successful completion of court-approved programs like drug court or diversion programs.

Allows expungement of certain violent offenses (promoting prostitution in the first degree, domestic violence in the third degree, and child sexual abuse material production) if the person proves they were a victim of human trafficking and would not have committed the offense but for being trafficked.

Requires persons seeking expungement of pardoned felony convictions to meet additional conditions including 180 days passage from pardon issuance and restrictions on violent offenses, sex offenses, moral turpitude offenses, and serious traffic offenses.

Becomes effective October 1, 2025.