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Proposed Federal House Legislation HB4410

Legislation Overview

Title: Fresh Start Act of 2016

Subject: Criminal justice information and records: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use: Government information and archives: Intergovernmental relations: Law enforcement administration and funding: State and local finance: Crime and law enforcement

Description: Fresh Start Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow an individual convicted of a nonviolent criminal offense to file a petition for expungement of the record of such conviction. It allows expungement if such individual: (1) has never been convicted of any criminal offense other than the nonviolent offenses committed in a single criminal episode that includes the offense for which expungement is sought; (2) has fulfilled all requirements of the sentence of the court, including payment of all fines, restitution, or assessments and completion of terms of imprisonment and probation; and (3) has remained free (if required by the court's sentence) from dependency on or abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance for at least one year. The Department of Justice must maintain an unaltered nonpublic copy of expunged criminal records, to be disclosed for limited purposes to federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies. The bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase by 5% grant funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to states that implement expungement procedures substantially similar to the procedures enacted by this Act. It decreases such grant funding by 5% for states that fail to adopt expungement procedures.

Session: 114th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Last Action Date: April 1, 2016

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4410/all-info

Sponsors

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9 sponsors: Steve Cohen (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Gwen Moore (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Henry Johnson (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Elijah Cummings (D); Andre Carson (D)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Apr 1 2016	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
House	Feb 1 2016	Introduced in House
House	Feb 1 2016	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E86)
House	Feb 1 2016	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Texts

Type	Date	Federal Link	Text
Introduced	Feb 2 2016	federal bill text	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Committee

Chamber: H

Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill