US Congress House Bill 5492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-1)
Status: Introduced on June 9 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-07-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fresh Start Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to allow an individual convicted of a nonviolent criminal offense to file a petition for expungement of the record of such conviction. Allows expungement if such individual: (1) has never been convicted of any criminal offense other than the nonviolent offense for which expungement is sought; (2) has fulfilled all requirements of the sentence of the court, including payment of all fines, restitution, or assessments and completion of terms of imprisonment and probation; and (3) has remained free (if required by the court's sentence) from dependency on or abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance for at least one year. Requires the Attorney General to maintain an unaltered nonpublic copy of expunged criminal records, to be disclosed for limited purposes to federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase by 5% grant funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to states that implement expungement procedures substantially similar to the procedures enacted by this Act. Decreases such grant funding by 5% for states that fail to adopt expungement procedures.

Fresh Start Act of 2010

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-07-26		Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2010-06-09		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

HB1529 (Related) 2009-04-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/5492/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr5492/BILLS-111hr5492ih.pdf