HB 1793-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Balances the rehabilitative and reintegration needs of the juvenile justice system with the public's need to access personal information for public safety and research purposes.

Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from making a consumer report on juvenile records when the subject of the record is twenty-one years of age or older at the time of the report.

Requires records relating to the commission of a juvenile offense, maintained by a court or law enforcement agency, to be automatically destroyed within thirty days of being notified by the governor's office that the subject of those records received a full and unconditional pardon by the governor.

Establishes a joint legislative task force on juvenile record sealing to determine how to cost-effectively restrict public access to juvenile records when an individual has met certain statutory requirements. The task force expires January 1, 2012.