Senate Bill No. 787 Summary

• Establishes a $500 surcharge on all petitions for expungement, collected by court clerks and deposited into the general revenue fund.

• Allows individuals to petition courts to expunge records for most felonies and misdemeanors, excluding serious crimes like murder, involuntary manslaughter, kidnapping, first-degree robbery and assault, and sex offenses requiring registration.

• Requires petitioners to wait at least 10 years after completing their sentence, probation, or parole before filing for expungement, and mandates they have no new misdemeanor or felony convictions during that 10-year period (traffic violations excluded).

• Permits individuals to list multiple offenses in a single expungement petition and restores their civil status as if the arrests, pleas, trials, and convictions never occurred, allowing them to deny or refuse to acknowledge the expunged offenses in response to inquiries.

• Requires petitioners to submit verified petitions including personal identifying information, fingerprints, offense details, and arrest information, with courts setting hearings at least 30 days after filing and providing notice to all law enforcement and court entities possessing related records.