MS HB62

Expands felony expungement eligibility by removing nine specific crime categories from the ineligibility list, making expungement available for those crimes after five years of successful sentence completion and payment of fines and court costs.

Removes ineligibility restrictions for arson (first degree), trafficking in controlled substances, third/fourth/subsequent DUI offenses, felon in possession of firearm, failure to register as sex offender, voyeurism, witness intimidation, abuse/neglect/exploitation of vulnerable persons, and embezzlement.

Maintains that crimes of violence as defined in Section 97-3-2 remain ineligible for expungement.

Limits individuals to one felony expunction in their lifetime, with expunction treating multiple convictions from the same criminal episode as a single expunction.

Takes effect July 1, 2024.