Bill > HF1152

This bill establishes the Clean Slate Act and provides for an automatic expungement process for certain offenders in Minnesota. The key provisions are: - Eligibility for automatic expungement of records for individuals who had charges dismissed, were exonerated, or successfully completed a diversion program or stay of adjudication for certain petty misdemeanor, misdemeanor, and gross misdemeanor offenses. - The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension will identify eligible individuals, grant expungement relief, and notify the judicial branch and law enforcement agencies to seal the records. - Provisions for notice to victims, use of expunged records in subsequent prosecutions, and immunity from civil liability for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. - Conforming changes to various statutes related to data practices, fingerprinting, criminal record reporting, and the expungement process. The bill aims to establish an automatic expungement system to help eligible individuals clear their criminal records without requiring them to petition the court.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1152&ssn=0&y=2021