Abstract: . . .  of administrative difficulties arising due to time pressures, lack of adequate notice of hearings, and inadequate delivery of expunction petitions specifying which records to delete. The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, in its Interim Report to the 77 th Legislature, responded with recommendations to improve the administrative efficiency of Chapter 55 of the CCP. Currently, members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate have filed 20 bills related to expunction. The majority of these bills are aimed at expanding the eligibility requirements that determine who may have criminal history records expunged. Only one bill directly addresses the issue of increased privacy protection. H.B. 155, by Representative Goolsby, seeks to specifically penalize businesses unlawfully disseminating expunged information. H.B. 155 would amend Article 55.02 of the CCP to require all persons in the business of publishing or disclosing conviction or arrest information to be included in the expunction petition. This bill would also amend Section 411.135 of the Texas Government Code and make it a Class B misdemeanor for a person in the business of publishing or disclosing conviction or arrest information to knowingly use or release arrest information that is the subject of an expunction order. by Senate Research Center Rita Aguilar Dunya Bean Tammy Edgerly . . .
. . .  requirements that determine who may have criminal history records expunged. Only one bill directly addresses the issue of increased privacy protection. H.B. 155, by Representative Goolsby, seeks to specifically penalize businesses unlawfully disseminating expunged information. H.B. 155 would amend Article 55.02 of the CCP to require all persons in the business of publishing or disclosing conviction or arrest information to be included in the expunction petition. This bill would also amend Section 411.135 of the Texas Government Code and make it a Class B misdemeanor for a person in the business of publishing or disclosing conviction or arrest information to knowingly use or release arrest information that is the subject of an expunction order. by Senate Research Center Rita Aguilar Dunya Bean Tammy Edgerly Betsy Heard David Thomason Sharon Weintraub  . . .
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