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Court subcommittee votes to recommend expanding clean‑slate exclusions to include additional family‑violence crimes
Summary
The court‑based subcommittee voted to recommend amending the state's clean‑slate statute (46B‑38H) to add a list of offenses the group considers family‑violence related—such as third‑degree assault and electronic stalking—and will include the recommendation in its June report to the full council.
The court‑based issues subcommittee of the Connecticut Domestic Violence Council on April 22 advanced a recommendation to modify the state's "clean slate" statute so certain family‑violence offenses would be excluded from automated erasure.
Merit LeJoy, Office of the Victim Advocate, told the council the subcommittee reviewed the statute list in Conn. Gen. Stat. 46B‑38H and concluded several offenses commonly associated with family violence were not covered. The group voted by majority to recommend that the council propose statutory amendments in its June…
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