Massachusetts S1058 amends juvenile record expungement laws to prevent fingerprint and record transmission for certain offenses.
Massachusetts S1058 modifies the expungement of juvenile and young adult records by preventing law enforcement and criminal justice agencies from transmitting fingerprints and related records for certain offenses to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Department of Justice. The bill also updates the criteria for expungement eligibility, including the addition of new offenses that are not eligible for expungement. Furthermore, it mandates the collection and reporting of data on petitions for sealing and expungement by the office of the commissioner of probation.
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