Bill > S1580

This bill, known as the Clean Slate Act of 2025, establishes a comprehensive framework for automatically sealing certain criminal records and allowing individuals to petition for record sealing. For federal offenses, the bill provides automatic sealing for individuals who have been arrested but not convicted, or who have been convicted of nonviolent marijuana-related offenses, after fulfilling their sentence requirements. The bill creates two primary mechanisms for record sealing: automatic sealing for certain arrests and nonviolent marijuana offenses, and a petition-based process for sealing records of other nonviolent offenses. Specifically, records would be automatically sealed one year after sentence completion for qualifying offenses, and individuals would be protected from having to disclose sealed records in most circumstances. The bill includes important exceptions for law enforcement, national security positions, and certain background checks. For petitioned record sealing, individuals must wait at least one year after completing their sentence and meet specific eligibility criteria, such as having no more than two felony convictions. The court would evaluate petitions by balancing public safety interests against the individual's rehabilitation and employment prospects. The bill also provides employer immunity for hiring individuals with sealed records and requires annual reporting on the implementation of the record-sealing process.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1580/all-info