Bill Text: CA SB1286 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1286 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Criminal records: expungement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-02 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1286 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB1286-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1286

Introduced by Senator Kamlager

February 18, 2022

An act relating to criminal procedure.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1286, as introduced, Kamlager. Criminal records: expungement.

Existing law, commencing July 1, 2022, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, requires the Department of Justice, on a monthly basis, to review the records in the statewide criminal justice databases and to identify persons who are eligible for automatic conviction record relief by having their criminal conviction records withheld from disclosure or modified, as specified.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to automatically expunge criminal records of those who do not reoffend after a designated period.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to automatically expunge criminal records of those who do not reoffend after a designated period.