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Committee advances expungement threshold, pauses elections bill and recommits ethics bill to subcommittee
Summary
The Judiciary Committee gave a favorable report to H.3184 (raising the expungement penalty threshold), adjourned debate on H.3176, and recommitted H.3197 to the Elections and Ethics Law Subcommittee for further review.
The House Judiciary Committee took a series of procedural and substantive actions late in the session: it gave a favorable report to H.3184 (which would raise the maximum-penalty threshold for crimes eligible for expungement from the statutory amount tied to $500/30 days to $1,000) and adjourned further debate on H.3176, a pending elections-related bill. Mr. Clemens moved to recommit H.3197 to the Elections and Ethics Law Subcommittee to allow a further hearing; the motion carried.
Mr. Weeks described H.3184 as increasing the maximum penalty that qualifies a crime for expungement, which would expand the number of eligible offenses. For H.3176, Mr. Clemens indicated the committee had received substantial member comment and recommended adjourning debate until a later agenda. On H.3197, Mr. Clemens said several individuals and groups requested another subcommittee hearing, so the bill was recommitted.
With those actions completed, the chair adjourned the committee.
