Legislative counsel: Senate adopted technical fix to H409, changing expungement reference and capping certain bail at $200

May 21, 2026

Michelle Childs of the Office of Legislative Council explained that the Senate accepted an amendment that is technically changing cross-references from 'expungement' to sealing language and that in certain circumstances the court could set a $200 maximum bail; the House committee will review the language before a planned concurrence vote.

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Michelle Childs of the Office of Legislative Council briefed the House Judiciary Committee on a technical Senate amendment that affects language in H409 and related items sent back to the House. For the record, she identified herself as "Michelle Childs, office of legislative council," and said the Senate passed S.937 third reading today with an amendment from Senator Hashim that will be part of the proposal sent back to the House.

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