AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS

Summary

The bill changes Rhode Island’s expungement rules so that people with a first offense, or with a limited number of misdemeanors, can ask a court to delete their criminal records after they have paid any fees and stayed crime‑free for a prescribed time. It also adds special paths for deferred sentences, offenses that have been decriminalized, and for anyone who has gone 40 years without a new charge, while keeping serious violent crimes out of the program. The goal is to give eligible residents a clean slate and clarify how courts handle these requests.

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