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Senate committee advances bill limiting disclosure of criminal-history information amid State Police backlog
Summary
A Senate committee released S2513/A3881 after lawmakers and witnesses pressed for faster processing of expungement orders. Supporters cited a backlog of nearly 50,000 unprocessed orders; the Attorney General's office warned the bill could disrupt automated background checks without an operational fix.
A state Senate committee on Monday voted to release Senate Bill S2513 and its Assembly companion A3881 as amended after extended testimony about delays at the State Police expungement unit.
Assemblywoman Quijano urged the committee to act, saying she had "driven down from Elizabeth today" to keep pressure on processing and that the backlog had real consequences for residents. "They had a backlog of almost 50,000 cases,"…
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