HB59 The records expungement bill.
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Chris England and would allow people who have been arrested but never convicted of a crime to have their records expunged. Currently the records are kept on file forever and can prevent someone from getting a job or living in public housing or traveling. If you have ever been arrested and charged with a crime but not convicted then the arrest is still on your record and under current law there is no way to get it off. This bill would remedy that.
This bill will be in committee on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 and I need all of my readers to call and email the members of the judiciary committee and ask them to pass this bill.
Emails are firstname.lastname@alhouse.org Example marcel.black@alhouse.org
Marcel Black
Room 516-F
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7667
Spencer Collier
Room 540-D
11 South Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7719
Paul DeMarco
Room 537-F
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7740
Priscilla Dunn
Room 540-B
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7702
Chris England
Room 539-B
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7703
Laura Hall
Room 518
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7688
Tammy Irons
Room 526-B
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL. 36130
(334) 353-9032
Jamie Ison
Room 527-B
11 South Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7711
Marc Keahey
Room 630-A
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7748
Steve McMillan
Room 532
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7723
Charles Newton
Room 541-E
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-4460
John Robinson
Room 534-D
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7728
Yusuf Salaam
Room 539-E
11 South Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7746
Howard Sanderford
Room 528-B
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-4368
Cam Ward
Room 625-C
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7750
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3 comments:
Just got back from the Judiciary Committee... HB59 received a favorable report and was voted out of the committee.
Hopefully it will come up for a floor vote soon.
Thanks for the report Andrew. I had plans to be down there this morning but my daughter is home from school with strep throat. Glad this passed.
Thanks Loretta,
This bill is long overdue, there is no reason to punish the innocent that have been cleared of any wrong doing. Please keep us posted.
Thanks,
John
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