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Panel advances technical fixes to cannabis expungement law, adopts amendments and sends bill to floor
Summary
The committee approved an author’s amendment to clarify the jurisdiction and record-sealing process for the Cannabis Expungement Board (created by 2023 legislation), and recommended Senate File 204, as amended, to the Senate floor after testimony from the board’s executive director and general counsel.
Senate File 204, a bill making technical corrections to the automatic cannabis expungement framework and to procedures for the Cannabis Expungement Board, was amended, adopted and recommended to the Senate floor by the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on March 12.
Sponsor remarks summarized the board’s jurisdiction: it reviews felony-level cannabis convictions that did not involve dangerous weapons or violent acts and where the conduct would not be a felony under current…
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