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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 3111 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3111
To amend the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to establish grants
for States for purposes of modernizing criminal justice data
infrastructure to facilitate automated record sealing and expungement,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 30, 2025
Ms. Lee of Florida (for herself, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Norton, Mr.
McGarvey, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Rutherford, and Ms. Scanlon)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to establish grants
for States for purposes of modernizing criminal justice data
infrastructure to facilitate automated record sealing and expungement,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fresh Start Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPUNGEMENT LAWS.
Section 106(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34
U.S.C. 40302(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and
inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) to implement a covered expungement law.'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Covered expungement laws.--In this subsection:
``(A) The term `automatic' means, with regard to
the expungement or sealing of a criminal record, that
such expungement or sealing occurs without any action
required on the part of the State from an eligible
individual.
``(B) The term `covered expungement law' means a
law of a State providing for the automatic expungement
or sealing, subject to such requirements as the State
may impose (including provisions ensuring continued
access to the expunged or sealed material by courts and
law enforcement agencies), of a criminal record of an
individual, without delay by reason of a failure to pay
a fee or fine.
``(4) Reporting requirements.--
``(A) In general.--A State receiving a grant under
this section shall report to the Attorney General, each
year of the grant term, pursuant to guidelines
established by the Attorney General, information
regarding the following:
``(i) The number of individuals eligible
for automatic expungement or sealing under the
covered expungement law of that State,
disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and gender.
``(ii) The number of individuals whose
records have been expunged or sealed annually
since the enactment of such law, disaggregated
by race, ethnicity, and gender.
``(iii) The number of individuals whose
application for expungement or sealing under
such law are still pending, disaggregated by
race, ethnicity, and gender.
``(B) Inaccessibility of data for reporting.--In
the event that elements of the data on expungement and
sealing required to be reported under subparagraph
(A)(i) are not able to be compiled and reported, the
State shall develop and report a comprehensive plan to
obtain as much of the unavailable data as possible not
later than the date that is one year after the first
year of the grant being awarded.
``(C) Publication.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this paragraph, and each year
thereafter, the Attorney General shall publish, and
make available to the public, a report containing the
data reported to the Attorney General under this
subparagraph.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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