HB77
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Amend KRS 431.073 and 431.078 to provide for expungement of offenses which were charged but later dismissed or amended; make technical corrections; amend KRS 532.080 to state that the enhancement of a sentence as a persistent felony offender does not alter the felony classification of offenses.
Introduced: January 7, 2025
Last action: February 4, 2025
Plain-language summary
This bill would update Kentucky's expungement law to allow people to clear certain criminal charges from their records when those charges were later dismissed or amended. It also clarifies that when someone receives a harsher sentence as a repeat felony offender, that enhancement does not change the underlying classification of the original offense. These changes affect how criminal records are managed and how sentences are categorized under state law. Who it may affect: Kentuckians who have had criminal charges dismissed or amended, and individuals sentenced under the state's persistent felony offender law.
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