House Bill 853 Summary

• Allows persons convicted of felonies that are not crimes of violence to petition for record expungement five years after successful completion of all sentence terms and conditions.

• Eliminates the previous list of specific felonies ineligible for expungement (arson, drug trafficking, DUI, felon in possession of firearm, sex offender registration failure, voyeurism, witness intimidation, vulnerable person abuse, and embezzlement).

• Limits each person to one felony expunction in their lifetime, with multiple convictions from the same incident treated as a single expunction.

• Requires petitioner to provide ten days' written notice to the district attorney and allows court to grant expungement if applicant is determined to be rehabilitated.

• Takes effect July 1, 2022.