Misdemeanors; revise age of expungement for.

HB 27 removes an age restriction that previously prevented some individuals from having misdemeanor criminal records expunged in Mississippi. The bill amends Mississippi Code Section 21-23-7 to allow courts to expunge misdemeanor convictions regardless of the offender's age, directly affecting people with past misdemeanor convictions who were barred from record clearance due to age limits. Key provisions eliminate the age barrier mentioned in Section 99-19-71, enabling eligible individuals to legally respond as if they had no prior misdemeanor conviction. This change applies to all misdemeanors except traffic violations and does not affect law enforcement records or driving records.