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MS SB2710

Bill

Status

Failed

2/5/2019

Primary Sponsor

Juan Barnett

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds DUI offenses under Section 63-11-30 to the list of misdemeanors that cannot be expunged, clarifying that such offenses are excluded from expunction eligibility.

  • Expands felony expunction eligibility to persons who were under age 21 when committing the offense, allowing petition for expunction five years after sentence completion.

  • Excludes specified felonies from expunction eligibility for juvenile offenders, including crimes of violence, first-degree arson, drug trafficking, felon in possession of firearm, failure to register as sex offender, voyeurism, and witness intimidation.

  • Defines "one (1) conviction" and "one (1) felony expunction" to include multiple convictions arising from a common nucleus of operative facts, at the court's discretion.

  • Takes effect July 1, 2019.

Legislative Description

Felonies; augment those that may be expunged.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/5/2019

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division A1/21/2019

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