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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 944

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Relating to: expungement of nonfelony possession of marijuana offenses. (FE)

Court — Procedure Drugs — Criminal acts and law enforcement

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires a court to order expunged a record for a nonfelony possession

of marijuana offense under any of the following circumstances:

1) At least five years have elapsed since the conviction, the person was under

the age of 21 when he or she committed the offense, and the court did not already

order the record expunged.

2) At least ten years have elapsed since the conviction, the person was at least

21 but under 25 when he or she committed the offense, and the court did not already

order the record expunged.

3) At least ten years have elapsed since the conviction if the person was at least

25 when he or she committed the offense.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Goyke (D) , Johnson (D) , Kahl (D) , Kessler (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Zepnick (D)

1 cosponsors

C. Larson (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 23, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Ohnstad, Sargent, Johnson, Zepnick, C. Taylor, Kahl, Considine, Goyke, Berceau, Pope, Spreitzer, Brostoff and Kessler; cosponsored by Senator C. Larson

  2. Feb 23, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1