FL H1065

Allows persons receiving a judgment of acquittal or not guilty verdict to be eligible for expunction of their criminal records by submitting a certificate of eligibility from the Department of Law Enforcement.

Adds acquittals and not guilty verdicts as qualifying circumstances for expunction eligibility, alongside dismissed charges and cases where no charging document was filed.

Eliminates the 10-year sealing requirement for records where charges were dismissed before trial or where an acquittal or not guilty verdict was rendered.

Applies the same acquittal/not guilty verdict provisions to the sealing of criminal history records under section 943.059.

Takes effect October 1, 2018.