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Committee rejects amendment to add certain "failure to report" offense to expungement list
Summary
An amendment to add the offense described as a "failure to report" (appearing as part of escape in the second degree language) to the statutory list of expungible charges was debated and not adopted by the House Judiciary Committee.
The House Judiciary Committee debated and rejected an amendment that would have added a specific offense—described in the hearing as the failure to obey a court order to report to a place of confinement (referenced as part of "escape in the second degree")—to the statute allowing expungement of certain charges. The proposer described a constituent whose life had been adversely affected by that single charge and sought to allow expungement after 15 years following completion of sentence.
Why it matters: the amendment would have broadened the set of charges eligible for expungement after a long…
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