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Committee hears broad support for automatic sealing of qualifying eviction records; technical questions remain
Summary
Witnesses including tenant‑advocates, legal aid groups and housing organizations supported Senate Bill 142 to expand automatic sealing of eviction records; witnesses and senators identified technical and implementation questions about judgment liens, court searchability and administrative workload.
Senate Bill 142, a proposal to expand eviction‑record sealing and to make sealing automatic in qualifying cases, received broad support from legal aid, housing advocates and social‑service groups at the Judiciary Committee hearing.
David Pruitt, director of the Eviction Clinic at Notre Dame Law School, told the committee the bill improves an existing 2022 eviction‑sealing statute by ensuring cases dismissed or won by tenants are not left on public records and by allowing sealing when judgments have been satisfied. He said the proposed 7‑year automatic sealing window recognizes people can change circumstances and should be able to move on.
Indiana Legal Services attorney Jenny Terry said…
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