CT HB05524

Expands the definition of "nonconviction information" to include Department of Correction records for individuals acquitted or having charges dismissed on or after July 1, 2006, after exhaustion of appeal rights.

Restricts disclosure of these nonconviction records to criminal justice agencies, entities implementing statutes expressly referring to criminal conduct, and court-authorized recipients, with exceptions for erased information.

Allows agencies to remove personal identifying information from nonconviction record reproductions released to the subject, except for records defined in the new acquittal/dismissal category.

Removes restrictions preventing sentence review for defendants who entered guilty pleas, allowing such defendants to apply for sentence review within 30 days of sentencing for terms of three or more years confinement.

All provisions effective October 1, 2010.