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2021 SESSION

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HB 2113 Criminal records; establishes a process for automatic expungement, etc., report.

Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Automatic expungement of criminal records; penalties. Establishes a process for the automatic expungement, defined in the bill, of criminal records for certain convictions, deferred dispositions, and acquittals and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed. The bill also provides a process for the automatic expungement of criminal records for charges arising from mistaken identity or the unauthorized use of identifying information. The bill has staggered delayed effective dates in order to develop systems for implementing the provisions of the bill. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/21  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102655D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/27/21  House: Committee substitute printed 21103298D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/21  House: Committee substitute printed 21103933D-H2  pdf | impact statements

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/12/21  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102655D
• 01/12/21  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/27/21  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 6-N)
• 01/27/21  House: Committee substitute printed 21103298D-H1
• 01/27/21  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/28/21  House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
• 01/29/21  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
• 01/29/21  House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
• 01/29/21  House: Committee substitute printed 21103933D-H2
• 02/01/21  House: Read first time
• 02/02/21  House: Read second time
• 02/02/21  House: Committee on Courts of Justice substitute rejected 21103298D-H1
• 02/02/21  House: Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 21103933D-H2
• 02/02/21  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2113H2
• 02/03/21  House: Read third time and passed House (60-Y 39-N)
• 02/03/21  House: VOTE: Passage (60-Y 39-N)
• 02/04/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/04/21  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 02/05/21  Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)