HR 5651 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Fresh Start Act of 2021

Introduced Oct 20, 2021 Originated House Sponsor David J. Trone D-MD

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Latest action · Sep 21, 2022 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 20, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fresh Start Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants for states to implement automatic expungement laws (i.e., laws that provide for the automatic expungement or sealing of an individual's criminal records).

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 20, 2021 to Dec 21, 2022; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalOct 20, 2021
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalOct 20, 2021
D-MOCori BushOriginalOct 20, 2021
R-TXDan CrenshawOriginalOct 20, 2021
R-PAFred KellerOriginalOct 20, 2021
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerOriginalOct 20, 2021
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalOct 20, 2021
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalOct 20, 2021
D-HIKaiali'i KaheleOriginalOct 20, 2021
D-CAKaren BassOriginalOct 20, 2021
D-MDKweisi MfumeOriginalOct 20, 2021
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalOct 20, 2021
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalOct 20, 2021
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksOriginalOct 20, 2021
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalOct 20, 2021
D-NJMikie SherrillOriginalOct 20, 2021
R-MIPeter MeijerOriginalOct 20, 2021
R-ILRodney DavisOriginalOct 20, 2021
R-OKStephanie I. BiceOriginalOct 20, 2021
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalOct 20, 2021
R-INVictoria SpartzOriginalOct 20, 2021
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOct 21, 2021
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOct 26, 2021
R-NEDon BaconOct 27, 2021
D-CATony CárdenasNov 15, 2021
D-WIMark PocanDec 7, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonDec 14, 2021
R-PADaniel MeuserFeb 28, 2022
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciMar 8, 2022
D-CATed LieuMar 30, 2022
D-GALucy McBathApr 4, 2022
D-GANikema WilliamsDec 21, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Oct 20, 2021Markup Sep 21, 2022

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 21, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  2. Sep 21, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.
  3. Oct 20, 2021Introduced in House
  4. Oct 20, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H5856Mary Gay Scanlon D-PAOct 25, 2021

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Nov 10, 2022H.R. 5651, Fresh Start Act of 2021As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 21, 2022

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 184, October 20, 2021, page H5726.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3049Fresh Start Act of 2021Identical billOct 21, 2021

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To establish a grant program for States for purposes of modernizing criminal justice data infrastructure to facilitate automated record sealing and expungement, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Fresh Start Act of 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2021Introduced in House

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