,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #caaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjbe,ms4
 ,lee of ,florida 7for herself1 ,ms4    
,kamlager-,dove1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4     
,mc,garvey1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1
 ,mr4 ,rutherford1 and ,ms4 ,scanlon7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,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 
expungement1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,fresh ,start ,act of #bjbe4    
#b4 ,implementation of expungement laws 
,section #ajf7;b7 of the ,brady ,handgun
 ,violence ,prevention ,act 7#cd        
,u4,s4,c4 #djcjb7;b77 is amended--  7#a7
 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 in            
subparagraph 7,c71 by striking and at   
the end2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,d71 by 

striking the period and inserting 2 and2
 and  7,c7 by adding at the end the     
following3  7,e7 to implement a covered 
expungement law4  2 and  7#b7 by adding 
at the end the following3  7#c7 ,covered
 expungement laws ,in this subsection3  
7,a7 ,the term automatic means1 with    
regard to the expungement or sealing of 
a criminal record1 that such expungement
 or sealing occurs without any action   
required on the part of the ,state from 
an eligible individual4  7,b7 ,the term 
covered expungement law means a law of a
 ,state providing for the automatic     
expungement or sealing1 subject to such 
requirements as the ,state may impose   
7including provisions ensuring continued
 access to the expunged or sealed       
material by courts and law enforcement  
agencies71 of a criminal record of an   
individual1 without delay by reason of a
 failure to pay a fee or fine4  7#d7    
,reporting requirements  7,a7 ,in       
general ,a ,state receiving a grant     
under this section shall report to the  

,attorney ,general1 each year of the    
grant term1 pursuant to guidelines      
established by the ,attorney ,general1  
information regarding the following3    
7i7 ,the number of individuals eligible 
for automatic expungement or sealing    
under the covered expungement law of    
that ,state1 disaggregated by race1     
ethnicity1 and gender4  7ii7 ,the number
 of individuals whose records have been 
expunged or sealed annually since the   
enactment of such law1 disaggregated by 
race1 ethnicity1 and gender4  7iii7 ,the
 number of individuals whose application
 for expungement or sealing under such  
law are still pending1 disaggregated by 
race1 ethnicity1 and gender4  7,b7      
,inaccessibility of data for reporting  
,in the event that elements of the data 
on expungement and sealing required to  
be reported under subparagraph 7,a77i7  
are not able to be compiled and         
reported1 the ,state shall develop and  
report a comprehensive plan to obtain as
 much of the unavailable data as        

possible not later than the date that is
 one year after the first year of the   
grant being awarded4  7,c7 ,publication 
,not later than #a year after the date  
of enactment of this paragraph1 and each
 year thereafter1 the ,attorney ,general
 shall publish1 and make available to   
the public1 a report containing the data
 reported to the ,attorney ,general     
under this subparagraph4  4