CT HB06918

Misdemeanor convictions and motor vehicle violations with maximum sentences of one year or less are automatically erased seven years after conviction; Class D or E felonies and motor vehicle violations with maximum sentences greater than one year but not more than five years are erased ten years after conviction, effective July 1, 2023.

Records are erased by operation of law for offenses committed on or after January 1, 2000, or by petition for offenses committed before that date.

Convictions ineligible for erasure include family violence crimes, nonviolent and sexually violent offenses, specific listed felonies, and violations of section 14-227a within the preceding ten years.

Defendants must complete all incarceration, parole, probation periods and have no pending state criminal charges before records become eligible for erasure.

Background screening companies and consumer reporting agencies must update their records within 30 days of receiving notice of erasure, with violations treated as unfair trade practices; the Attorney General can order removal of improperly disclosed erased records within five business days.