Substitute Senate Bill No. 1019 Summary

• Establishes parole orientation programs and formal annual training for Board of Pardons and Paroles members on the parole system, victim rights, reentry strategies, and collateral consequences of criminal records.

• Allows pardon applications 3 years after misdemeanor conviction and 5 years after felony conviction, with automatic erasure of records for certain misdemeanors after 7 years and class D/E felonies after 10 years.

• Prohibits discrimination based on erased criminal history record information in employment, housing, education, licensing, public accommodations, and credit transactions effective January 1, 2023.

• Requires employers to remove questions about arrests and convictions from initial job applications and prohibits inquiries about erased criminal records unless required by law or security bonds are necessary.

• Reduces maximum misdemeanor sentence from one year to 364 days, with retroactive application allowing persons previously sentenced to one year to request sentence modification.