H.B. 21
         EXPUNGEMENT REVISIONS

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 3 February 22, 2010 10:06 AM



Senator Benjamin M. McAdams proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 33, Lines 1009 through 1019 :    

             1009          [(4)] (6)
  "Criminal event" means all convictions entered in a single information or indictment as defined in Section 77-1-3, or all convictions pertaining to a larger single criminal episode.       ["Division" means the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services

             1010      Division of]
  (7)       "Department" means the Department of Public Safety established in Section

             1011      [ 53-10-103 ] 53-1-103 .
             1012          [(5) "Expungement" means the sealing or destruction of a criminal record, including
             1013      records of the investigation, arrest, detention, or conviction of the petitioner.]
             1014          
{   (7)   }        (8)       "Expunge" means to seal or otherwise restrict access to the petitioner's record of

             1015      arrest, investigation, detention, or conviction held by an agency.
             1016          [(6)]
{   (8)   }        (9)       "Jurisdiction" means [an area of authority] a state, district, province, political

             1017      subdivision, territory, or possession of the United States or any foreign country.
             1018          [(7)]
{   (9)   }        (10)       "Petitioner" means a person seeking expungement under this chapter.

             1019          [(8) Second degree forcible felony includes:]

2.    Page 36, Line 1104 through Page 37, Line 1114
    House Committee Amendments
    1-28-2010 :    

             1104          (4)
{   (a)   } H. [A petitioner may expunge one felony conviction.

             1105          (b) A petitioner may expunge three misdemeanor convictions, not arising out of a
             1106      single criminal episode.
             1107          (c) A petitioner may not expunge more than four convictions, not arising out of a single
             1108      criminal episode. This restriction applies regardless of the jurisdiction in which the
             1109      expungement was obtained.]
{   A petitioner is not eligible to receive a certificate of eligibility from

             1109a      the bureau for any record of conviction if the petitioner's criminal history contains:
             1109b          (i) more than one criminal episode which contains a conviction for a crime that would
             1109c      be a felony under Utah law;
             1109d          (ii) more than two criminal episodes which contain a conviction for a crime that would
             1109e      be a class A misdemeanor or felony under Utah law; or
             1109f          (iii) more than three criminal episodes which contain a conviction for a crime that
             1109g      would be a class B or A misdemeanor or felony under Utah law.              1109h          (b) A petitioner may not

expunge more than four criminal episodes which contain a
             1109i      conviction for a crime that would be any type of misdemeanor or felony under Utah law.
             1110          [(d)] (c) .H Infractions are not included in determining the total number of
             1110a      H. [ convictions] criminal episodes .H a person
             1111      may expunge.
             1111a          H. (d) The restrictions in this Subsection (4) apply regardless of whether the petitioner
             1111b      has expunged any convictions or any criminal episodes and regardless of the jurisdiction in
             1111c      which the expungement occurred. .H   }

  The bureau may not issue a certificate of eligibility if, at the time the petitioner seeks a certificate of eligibility, the bureau determines that the petitioner's criminal history, including previously expunged convictions, contains any of the following:

(a) two or more felony convictions, each of which is contained in a separate criminal event;
(b) any combination of three or more convictions that include two class A misdemeanor convictions, each of which is contained in a separate criminal event;
(c) any combination of four or more convictions that include three class B misdemeanor convictions, each of which is contained in a separate criminal event; or
(d) five or more convictions of any degree whether misdemeanor or felony, excluding infractions, each of which is contained in a separate criminal event.  

             1112          (5)
{   Notwithstanding Subsection (2), if a person   }        If the petitioner       has received a pardon from the Utah

             1113      Board of Pardons and Parole, the
{   person   }        petitioner       is entitled to a certificate of eligibility for all pardoned

             1114      crimes.

3.    Page 37, Lines 1126a through 1126c
    House Committee Amendments
    1-28-2010 :    

             1126a          H. (b) For purposes of determining eligibility under this chapter, the bureau may
             1126b      review records of arrest, investigation, detention and conviction that have been previously
             1126c      expunged
  , regardless of the jurisdiction in which the expungement occurred       .

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