Delaware General Assembly

Signed 11/8/21

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

4/14/21

Brown

Reps. Cooke, Chukwuocha, Dorsey Walker, K. Johnson

Sen. Gay, Lockman, Lopez, S. McBride, Sturgeon, Townsend
Reps. Baumbach, Bentz, Bolden, Kowalko, Lambert, Lynn, S. Moore, Morrison

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AUTOMATIC EXPUNGEMENT.

This Act creates an automatic expungement process for adult and juvenile charges that are eligible for mandatory expungement because under the petition-based system, only a small fraction of people eligible for expungement ever obtain this important relief. Under this Act, the State Bureau of Identification must identify and expunge cases eligible for automatic mandatory expungement on a monthly basis. This Act is effective immediately and will be implemented on August 1, 2024. Implementing the automatic expungement process requires coordination between different courts and state agencies. This Act is known as “The Clean Slate Act”. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

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