House File 2624 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2235)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to expunging the record of certain simple
  2    misdemeanor under legal age violations.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5637HV 82
  5 jm/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 123.47, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  Upon the expiration of two years
  1  4 following conviction for a simple misdemeanor violation of
  1  5 this section by a person under legal age, the person may
  1  6 petition the court to exonerate the person of the conviction,
  1  7 and if the person has had no other criminal convictions, other
  1  8 than simple misdemeanor violations of chapter 321 during the
  1  9 two=year period, the person shall be deemed exonerated of the
  1 10 offense as a matter of law.  The court shall enter an order
  1 11 exonerating the person of the conviction, and ordering that
  1 12 the record of the conviction be expunged by the clerk of the
  1 13 district court.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill relates to expunging the record of certain simple
  1 16 misdemeanor for under legal age alcohol violations.
  1 17    The bill provides that after two years following the
  1 18 conviction of a person for a simple misdemeanor under legal
  1 19 age alcohol violation, the person may petition the court to
  1 20 exonerate the person of the simple misdemeanor conviction.  If
  1 21 the person has had no other criminal convictions, other than
  1 22 simple misdemeanor violations of Code chapter 321, the court
  1 23 shall enter an order exonerating the person of the conviction,
  1 24 and order the record of the conviction be expunged by the
  1 25 clerk of the district court.
  1 26 LSB 5637HV 82
  1 27 jm/nh/8