RI H8074

Establishes a nine-member Commission on Pardons to administer pardon applications and make recommendations to the governor pursuant to Article IX, Section 13 of the Rhode Island Constitution

Limits pardon eligibility to persons who have completed their sentence and are ineligible for expungement, have been denied expungement, or are on probation and eligible for early termination under Rule 35(c)

Commission members serve two-year terms and include appointees from the judicial branch, attorney general's office, public defender's office, parole/probation office, and five community organizations (Nonviolence Institute, Economic Progress Institute, reentry campus program, OpenDoors, and Center for Indigenous People's Rights)

Commission must develop application requirements, establish response timelines, and create eligibility criteria for pardon recommendations

Governor retains authority to submit commission-recommended names or any other names to the state senate for advice and consent