HB 5634 Summary

• Expands eligibility to set aside criminal convictions by allowing persons to petition for expungement of one or more offenses, not just a single offense as previously allowed.

• Creates a new pathway for victims of human trafficking to have any crime (except assaultive crimes or traffic offenses) set aside at any time if they can prove by preponderance of evidence the conviction resulted directly from being trafficked.

• Defines "human trafficking violation" to include chapter LXVIIA of the Michigan penal code (MCL 750.462a to 750.462h) and former sections 462i and 462j.

• Relocates and reorganizes definitions of key terms (felony, misdemeanor, assaultive crime, domestic violence, operating while intoxicated, serious misdemeanor, victim, traffic offense, Indian tribe, and conviction) from Section 1 into a new Section 1a.

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.