MO HB2234

Allows individuals to petition courts to expunge records for offenses including bad checks, fraudulent payment instruments, credit/debit device fraud, and certain misdemeanors listed under Missouri law.

Adds eligibility for expungement of felony or misdemeanor marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia offenses under chapter 195 committed within three years prior to marijuana legalization, with a $200 fine paid to the drug court resources fund.

Requires petitioners to wait at least 20 years for felonies or 10 years for misdemeanors since completing any sentence, probation, or parole, with no subsequent convictions during that period and all restitution paid.

Upon expungement, courts must order destruction or blacking out of records, with electronic files removed from Missouri systems except court files, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is requested to expunge federal records.

Act is contingent upon passage of a constitutional amendment or statutory enactment legalizing marijuana.