To establish a grant program for States for purposes of modernizing criminal justice data infrastructure to facilitate automatic record expungement and sealing, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a grant program for States for purposes of modernizing criminal justice data infrastructure to facilitate automatic record expungement and sealing, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Transportation, Technology.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H204CDCCD8DE540A0A631E1A78E1D91C2: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fresh Start Act of 2025.
- Section H9174C6C61DCA4211B7C27BFA6A0E5CEF: 2. Definitions In this Act: Terms defined in section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251) shall have the...
- Section H8EDE585E602243ABA92A3E9B61FA65CA: 3. Establishment of grant program The Attorney General may make not more than 1 grant under this Act to each eligible State. A grant described in subsection...
- Section H2F6FA39FFEB24805928F424E7EE3CDBD: 4. Use of grant amounts A State shall use a grant received under section 3 to implement a covered expungement law in accordance with the following...
- Section H51E60C627D6840BB806A26E3CB7273C2: 5. Reporting requirements A State receiving a grant under section 3 shall report to the Attorney General, each year of the grant term, pursuant to guidelines...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a grant program for States for purposes of modernizing criminal justice data infrastructure to facilitate automatic record expungement and sealing, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Transportation, Technology
Primary Purpose
This bill, To establish a grant program for States for purposes of modernizing criminal justice data infrastructure to facilitate automatic record expungement and sealing, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Van Hollen (for himself and Ms. Blunt Rochester) introduced …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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