Police and court records; expungement of records.

Expungement of police and court records.Provides that for the purposes of expungement of police and courtrecords the term "otherwise dismissed" means to render a legal actionout of consideration in a different way or manner than a nolle prosequi or formal dismissal by the trial court. The bill specifies thatthe term "otherwise dismissed" also includes those circumstanceswhen a person is charged with the commission of a crime, a civiloffense, or any offense defined in relevant law and the initial chargeis reduced or amended to another offense, including a lesser includedoffense or the same offense with a lesser gradient of punishment,so that such person is not convicted of the initial charge and mayfile a petition requesting expungement of the police and court recordsrelating to the initial charge.