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IN SB0291
Bill
Status
1/4/2018
Primary Sponsor
Michael Young
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AI Summary
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Courts must order the state police central repository to seal expunged conviction records for misdemeanors, Class D felonies, and Level 6 felonies, including related arrests with no conviction from the same criminal episode and all other related references.
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Sealed records can only be disclosed to prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, probation departments, federal agencies, law examiners, mortgage licensing entities, and motor vehicle/commercial driver's license authorities, each subject to specific authorization requirements.
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Establishes a new process allowing individuals named as subjects of protection orders to petition for expungement if a court denied the order following an ex parte order or if an appellate court reversed or vacated the order.
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Requires courts to remove expunged protection orders from the state protective order registry and Indiana data and communication system (IDACS), and to redact or seal court records relating to the protection order.
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Becomes effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Expungements. Provides that the court shall order the central repository for criminal history information maintained by the state police department to seal a person's expunged conviction records for a misdemeanor or Class D and Level 6 felony conviction including information related to: (1) an arrest or offense in which no conviction was entered and that was committed as part of the same episode of criminal conduct as the case ordered expunged; and (2) any other references to matters related to the case that was ordered expunged. Establishes a method for a person to expunge a protective order.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
1/4/2018