HB17-1333 Summary

• Allows persons convicted of marijuana use, cultivation, or possession offenses to petition for record sealing if the conduct would not be criminal under current Colorado law as of December 10, 2012.

• Adds new statute 24-72-710 establishing procedures for sealing marijuana conviction records for petty offenses, misdemeanors, and felonies meeting the specified criteria.

• Court must order records sealed after petition is filed, filing fee plus $65 is paid, petitioner proves by preponderance of evidence the offense would be legal under current law, and petition is posted on state court administrator's website for at least 30 days.

• Additional $65 filing fee collected under this process must be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the Judicial Stabilization Cash Fund.

• Defendants must provide copies of sealing orders to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and pay any costs related to sealing their records; sealing provisions do not apply when records are accessed by criminal justice agencies inquiring about other agencies' conviction records.