Bipartisan senators have introduced a bill to mandate the automatic sealing of criminal records for certain non-violent federal marijuana and other drug convictions.
The legislation—titled the “Clean Slate Act”—was filed by Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) on Wednesday. It would further provide a pathway for people to petition for record sealing if the offense is not covered under the automatic relief provisions.
“Automatically sealing records is an opportunity for millions of Americans to get a second chance at life,” Casey said in a press release. “This legislation will ensure that parents, workers, and families who have successfully completed their sentence can build successful lives that are unburdened by minor, nonviolent criminal histories.”
The measure is a Senate companion to a House bill sponsored by Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) that was filed last year. The legislation has been introduced over the last several sessions, and a previous version advanced through the House Judiciary Committee in 2022. It wasn’t ultimately taken up on the floor, however.
A one-pager on the Senate proposal says it would automatically seal “an individual’s federal criminal record one year after their completed sentence if they have been convicted of
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