US Congress House Bill 121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes a process to expunge records related to certain nonviolent criminal offenses. It defines the nonviolent offenses eligible for expungement; it establishes qualifications for an eligible offender; and it sets forth procedures for filing an expungement petition. The bill increases by 5% the allocation of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program for a state that implements expungement procedures substantially similar to this bill. It decreases by 5% the JAG allocation for a state that fails to enact substantially similar expungement procedures.

Fresh Start Act of 2019

Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-01-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/121/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr121/BILLS-116hr121ih.pdf