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Senate adopts conference report on S.12 to create statewide policy for access to sealed criminal records
Summary
The Senate accepted and adopted the conference committee report on S.12 (sealing criminal history records), endorsing a compromise that preserves access for criminal-justice purposes while requiring court orders for other uses and creating statewide policy and logging requirements.
The Vermont Senate accepted and adopted the report of the conference committee on S.12, an act relating to sealing criminal history records, after negotiators reached a compromise on access, use and disclosure rules for sealed records.
The conference report keeps the Senate's emphasis on privacy and judicial review while addressing operational concerns raised by the House. Under the compromise, criminal justice agencies may access sealed records in their…
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