MA H756

Bill

Relative to the expungement of records of persons falsely accused and of juveniles

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to expunge the records of persons falsely accused and juveniles. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill aims to expunge the records of persons who have been falsely accused, as well as the records of juveniles. Specifically, the bill allows the court to order the expungement of records maintained by various government agencies, including the department of criminal justice information services, probation department, and sex offender registry, if a person has been falsely accused due to an error in identification, intentionally false statements, or negligence on the part of the police and court staff. The bill also allows for the sealing and expungement of records for individuals who were adjudicated as youthful offenders, provided certain conditions are met. The expungement means the permanent erasure or destruction of the records, which cannot be used against the individual in any future employment or legal proceedings.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (6)

Claire Cronin (D), Michelle DuBois (D), Anne Gobi (D), Mary Keefe (D), John Rogers (D), Jeff Roy (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see S2170 (on 10/02/2017)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H756

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H756
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H756.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1009	Relative to clarifying the reporting of record keeping requirements	Accompanied a study order, see H4729	Similar To
H1206	Preserving dates of birth from city and town records	Accompanied a study order, see H4625	Similar To
H1208	Relative to access to certain birth records	Accompanied a study order, see H4625	Similar To
H2088	Relative to access to official absentee and early voting data	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H2309	Relative to sealing of juvenile records and expungement of court records	Accompanied a new draft, see S2170	Similar To
H2673	Relative to restricted vital records	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H3126	Relative to the expungement of records of persons falsely accused and juveniles	Accompanied a new draft, see S2170	Similar To
H4266	Relative to the retention of animal inspection records	Accompanied a new draft, see H4438	Similar To
H760	Relative to second chances for youthful offenders	Accompanied a new draft, see S2170	Similar To
H928	Relative to financial records of defendants in small claims court	Accompanied a study order, see H4874	Similar To
S2170	Relative to criminal justice reform	Ways and Means amendment adopted, as amended, see S2185	Replaced by
S2269	Relative to the used vehicle record book	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 276 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
S704	Protecting public higher education student information	Amendment (as recommended by the committee on Senate Ways and Means) adopted	Similar To
S801	Relative to law-enforcement access to communications records	Accompanied a study order, see S2313	Similar To

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