Bill > H4363

This bill aims to expand expungement options for certain criminal records and create a pathway for individuals to clear convictions or delinquency adjudications if they were victims of human trafficking. Specifically, it allows courts to order the expungement of records from the department of criminal justice information services, probation department, and sex offender registry when a complaint is found to be factually inaccurate due to errors in identification, fraud on the court, or negligence by police and court staff, meaning these records would be permanently erased or destroyed and individuals could answer "no record" on employment applications. Additionally, the bill establishes a process for individuals to have convictions, adjudications of delinquency, or continuances without a finding vacated if they can demonstrate a reasonable probability that their participation in certain offenses was a result of being a victim of human trafficking, with specific provisions for child victims and those with official government documentation of their victim status, and it also allows for the expungement of court appearance and disposition records when a case is dismissed or the defendant is found not guilty after a plea of not guilty was entered under these new provisions.