Fresh Start Act of 2023
Latest action · Apr 27, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 27, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fresh Start Act of 2023
This bill allows grants under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) to be used to implement a state law that provides for the automatic expungement or sealing of certain criminal records.
The NCHIP provides grants to state and tribal governments to enhance the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information and ensure the implementation of effective background check systems.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2023 to Oct 1, 2024; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | May 15, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | May 18, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | May 30, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | May 30, 2023 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Jul 25, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | Dec 5, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Dec 7, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | Jan 10, 2024 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Oct 1, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 27, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2023Introduced in House
- Apr 27, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 71, April 27, 2023, page H2088.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to establish grants 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 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
