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H4858 • 2025

An Act to update expungement

An Act to update expungement

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Sponsor
Judiciary (J)
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
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An Act to update expungement

An Act to update expungement Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to update expungement Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-27 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-01-27 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-01-27 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-12-31 House

    Reported from the committee on The Judiciary

  5. 2025-12-31 House

    New draft of H1645

  6. 2025-12-31 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Official Summary Text

An Act to update expungement
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill H.4858

SECTION 1. Chapter 276 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 100Q and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

100Q. Unless otherwise provided by law, no person shall make records sealed pursuant to section 100A, section 100B or section 100C available for inspection in any form by any person. No person shall make records expunged pursuant to section 100F, section 100G, section 100H or section 100K available for inspection in any form by any person. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the maintenance of information relating to an offense after records or files concerning the offense have been sealed or expunged if the information is kept in a manner that does not enable identification of the petitioner and is used solely for statistical or bona fide research purposes.

SECTION 2. Section 100T of said Chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 to 2, the words “100A or section 100B” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 100A, section 100B or section 100C.

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