Virginia · Senate Bill 482 · 2025 Regular Session

Juveniles; expungement and sealing of court records.

SB 482 Sponsored by Lashrecse D. Aird Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 9, 2024
  2. In committee Jan 9, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House of Delegates  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Expungement and sealing of juvenile court records. Provides for the sealing of juvenile court records in those instances where a juvenile was found guilty of a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult and such juvenile has attained the age of 18 years and three years have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile. Under current law, such records are open to the…

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Expungement and sealing of juvenile court records. Provides for the sealing of juvenile court records in those instances where a juvenile was found guilty of a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult and such juvenile has attained the age of 18 years and three years have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile. Under current law, such records are open to the public. The bill also provides that any juvenile court records that may be expunged shall be expunged when the juvenile who is the subject of the records has attained the age of 18 years and three years have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile. Under current law, such juvenile shall have attained the age of 19 years and five years shall have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile.

Every action

5 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103246D
  2. CommitteeReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice · Senate Courts of Justice
  3. SenateSenate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  4. CommitteeContinued to 2025 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) · Senate Courts of Justice
  5. CommitteeLeft in Courts of Justice · Senate Courts of Justice

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

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