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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 258

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Relating to: removal of certain criminal record information from Internet sites without a fee and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

Criminal identification and investigation Data processing — Privacy issues Public record

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, the operator of an Internet site that publishes criminal record

information and charges a fee to remove the information has 15 days to remove a

person's criminal record information, without charging a fee, if the operator receives

a written request for removal that shows any of the following: 1) no criminal charge

was brought against the person; 2) the criminal charge was resolved through

dismissal, acquittal, or otherwise without a conviction; 3) the criminal charge was

reduced to a civil penalty; or 4) the person's conviction was expunged. The bill defines

criminal record information as information showing that a person has been arrested,

charged, prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced for a criminal offense, including

booking photographs and fingerprints. An Internet site operator who violates these

requirements is subject to a fine of up to $10,000 or imprisonment for up to nine

months, or both.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Czaja (R) , Hebl (D) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Kremer (R) , Quinn (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Spiros (R) , T. Larson (R) , Tittl (R) , Young (D)

3 cosponsors

Harris Dodd (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Full history

  1. Jun 5, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Knodl, Czaja, Hebl, Kitchens, Kremer, T. Larson, A. Ott, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Spiros, Tittl and Young; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Harris Dodd and L. Taylor

  2. Jun 5, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Jun 12, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 15, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jul 6, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jul 28, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Knodl

  7. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1