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This bill amends Mississippi law to remove certain types of embezzlement from the list of felony convictions that cannot be expunged, meaning individuals convicted of these specific embezzlement offenses may now be eligible to have their records cleared after meeting certain requirements, such as completing their sentence and waiting a specified period. Expungement, or the clearing of a criminal record, allows a person to be treated by law as if the arrest or conviction never happened, though a non-public record is retained by the Mississippi Criminal Information Center for the purpose of identifying repeat offenders. The bill specifically removes embezzlement offenses as defined in Sections 97-11-25 and 97-23-19 from the list of disqualifying felonies, while retaining other felony exclusions like crimes of violence, drug trafficking, and certain DUI offenses.

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https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB0307.xml