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Committee reviews draft 2.1 of H 566, replaces expungement language with sealing procedures

Judiciary · February 5, 2026
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Legislative counsel Michelle Chow walked the committee through draft 2.1, a strike‑all amendment to H 566, which replaces references to expungement with sealing procedures (pointing to 13 BSA 7607), restores adult diversion language to apply to criminal statute violations, and removes obsolete subsections; no formal vote was recorded.

The committee reviewed draft 2.1, a strike‑all amendment to H 566, during a brief walkthrough led by Michelle Chow of the Office of Legislative Council. Chow said the draft both narrows and clarifies how juvenile and adult diversion records are treated under the bill.

For the record, Michelle Chow said, “we are taking a draft 2.1, of a strike all amendment to h 5 66.” She explained the first substantive change appears in section 1, which addresses the juvenile diversion program. Under the amendment, the text that formerly referred to…

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