Council backs adding several domestic‑violence offenses to Clean Slate implementation list

Jul 23, 2026

The court-based subcommittee recommended adding multiple DV-related offenses—assault third, threatening first, unlawful restraint, custodial interference, criminal mischief, electronic stalking and related offenses—to the Clean Slate exclusion list (46B‑38H) to prevent erasure; the public defender’s office registered the lone formal opposition.

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The council voted to advance a court‑based subcommittee recommendation asking the legislature (or implementation team) to add a set of offenses to the Clean Slate implementation list so they are not erased under the automated record‑clearing process.

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