MA S854

Bill

MA S854

Relative to obsolete court records

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to obsolete court records. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill amends the existing law in Massachusetts to allow the Supreme Judicial Court to make exceptions to the ten-year retention requirement for court records related to certain non-criminal offenses, such as motor vehicle civil infractions, parking violations, littering, bicycle and pedestrian regulations, municipal dog control, and other non-criminal regulatory offenses. The purpose of this change is to allow the court to dispose of obsolete records more efficiently for these types of minor, non-criminal violations.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (1)

Will Brownsberger (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2496 (on 02/03/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S854

(6 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S854
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S854.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1447	Reducing the storage of obsolete papers	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3268	To permit publication of reports of decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court in electronic format	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H3275	To update expungement	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
H3378	Providing easier and greater access to record sealing	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3566	Promoting housing opportunity and mobility through eviction sealing (HOMES)	Accompanied a new draft, see H4934	Similar To
S2496	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on the Judiciary to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to judicial issues	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by

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