HB718

AN ACT relating to expungement.

Introduced·2/24/26
Bill Text

Kentucky HB718 establishes a process for expunging eligible convictions from criminal records.

Kentucky HB718 creates a new section in the Kentucky Revised Statutes to allow for the expungement of eligible convictions from criminal records. An "eligible conviction" is defined as an offense that does not classify a person as a violent offender. A "expungeable conviction" is an eligible conviction where five years have passed since the completion of any term of incarceration and the person has not been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor in the previous five years.

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Current
Judiciary Committee
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Committee decision

Sponsors

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1
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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

History

Mar 3

House

to Judiciary (H)

Feb 24

House

introduced in House

Feb 24

House

to Committee on Committees (H)