Deferred dispositions; expungement of police and court records.
Summary
Deferred dispositions; expungement. Clarifies that a charged dismissed after a deferred disposition that may be eligible for expungement upon agreement of all parties includes an original charge that was reduced or a charge that is dismissed after a plea or stipulation of the facts that would justify a finding of guilt.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Dec 7, 2023
Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 28, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 6, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 755 (effective 7/1/24)
Mar 7, 2024
Senate · Passed
Signed by President
Mar 4, 2024
House of Delegates · Passed
Signed by Speaker
Mar 4, 2024
Senate · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB20ER)
Feb 28, 2024
House of Delegates · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
Feb 28, 2024
House of Delegates · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
Feb 23, 2024
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
Feb 16, 2024
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
Feb 15, 2024
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
Feb 13, 2024
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Feb 6, 2024
Senate · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Jan 31, 2024
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Jan 10, 2024
Senate · Reported by committee
Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
Dec 7, 2023
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard Stuart
RRepublican
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