Bill > HB246

This bill aims to reduce barriers to employment for people who have been convicted of low-level marijuana possession crimes that would be legal as of January 1, 2023. The key provisions are: 1) Restricting the release of criminal justice information related to convictions for possession of less than one ounce of a controlled substance, if the person was 21 or older at the time and was not convicted of any other charges in that case, and the person requests the records not be released. 2) Requiring the Alaska Court System to remove such records from their publicly available website and post a notice about how to obtain those records. 3) Requiring the Alaska Court System to remove pre-existing records that meet these criteria, to the extent practicable.