Mississippi House Bill 825 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Clean Slate Act; To Authorize Certain Persons To Petition The Court In Which An Arrest Or Conviction Occurred To Have His Or Her Arrest Records Sealed; To Provide The Eligibility Requirements For Filing A Petition; To Provide The Mechanism To File A Petition To Seal An Arrest; To Provide Certain Circumstances When An Arrest Must Be Disclosed; To Provide That Once The Court Grants A Petition To Have An Arrest Record Sealed, The Mississippi Justice Information Center Shall Take Certain Actions To Prevent The Disclosure Of The Arrest; To Provide That If A Person Who Is Arrested And Completes A Diversion Program, Then Such Person May Petition To Have His Or Her Arrest Record Sealed; To Provide That If A Person Is Diverted To A Drug Court Program Then Such Person May Petition The Court To Have His Or Her Arrest Record Sealed; To Amend Sections 9-23-23, 45-27-12, 45-27-21, 99-15-26, 99-15-59 And 99-15-123, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.

The Clean Slate Act; create to authorize certain people to petition the court to have arrest and conviction records sealed.

Rep. Christopher Bell [D]	Rep. Earle Banks [D]	Rep. Jarvis Dortch [D]	Rep. Kabir Karriem [D]
Rep. Tracey Rosebud [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0825.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0825IN.htm