BILL NUMBER: AB 877	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act relating to expungement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 877, as introduced, Skinner. Expungement.
   Existing law, if a defendant has fulfilled the conditions of
probation for the entire period of probation, has been discharged
prior to the termination of the period of probation, or if in the
interest of justice, a defendant is authorized to petition the court
to have his or her convictions dismissed, as specified, and be
released from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the
offense of which he or she been convicted, subject to certain
exceptions.
   This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to
streamline this procedure.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to streamline the
expungement process under which any defendant who successfully
fulfills the conditions of probation has a right to petition for the
dismissal of his or her conviction and to be released from all
penalties and disabilities resulting from that conviction.