Fresh Start Act of 2025
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 2, expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 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 (a) shall be, and expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 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 requirements: The State. It relies on compliance mandates, grants, definition changes, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Technology and Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 2.
- Expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 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 (a) shall be...
- Expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 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 requirements: The State...
- Expands a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 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...
- Expands a appropriation provision: 6. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to carry out this Act.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 2, expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 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 (a) shall be, and expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 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 requirements: The State.
Key Policy Areas
Technology, Transportation
Primary Purpose
The bill adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 2, expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 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 (a) shall be, and expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 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 requirements: The State.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Van Hollen (for himself and Ms. Blunt Rochester) introduced …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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