Bill > S847

This bill mandates that any offenses for which a person has received a pardon must be removed, or "expunged," from their Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) reports, which are official records of criminal history. This means that if a pardon is granted under a specific law (section 152 of chapter 127), the board responsible for these records will erase all references to the pardoned offense, including the fact that a pardon was granted. The bill also requires the board to provide a copy of the updated, expunged report to the pardoned individual upon request, and to share this amended record with any person or agency that might have made or is considering an adverse decision based on the original, unexpunged record. Furthermore, if a pardon is later revoked, the record will be amended again to reflect this revocation, and the amended record can then be shared as usual. This provision also applies retroactively, requiring the expungement of records for individuals pardoned before the bill becomes law, within 180 days of its effective date.