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FL S1720

Bill

Status

Failed

3/14/2022

Primary Sponsor

Lauren Book

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows persons adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense in Florida to petition for expunction of a criminal history record if at least 10 years have passed since the adjudication, provided they were never adjudicated guilty of offenses listed in s. 943.0584(2)
  • Changes the lifetime ban on prior sealing or expunction eligibility to a 10-year waiting period, allowing individuals who previously had a record sealed or expunged to petition again after 10 years
  • Modifies juvenile delinquency adjudication disqualifications for expunction by limiting the lookback period to 10 years for specified misdemeanors, rather than imposing a permanent bar
  • Allows persons with a prior sealing or expunction to petition for sealing of a later criminal history record if more than 10 years have passed since the prior order was granted
  • Reenacts related statutes governing pretrial intervention programs, veterans' treatment intervention programs, misdemeanor intervention programs, and diversion program expunctions to incorporate the amended cross-references, with an effective date of July 1, 2022

Legislative Description

Sealing and Expunction of Criminal History Records

Last Action

Died in Judiciary

3/14/2022

Full Bill Text

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