Clean Slate Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- May 1, 2025
What it does
The Clean Slate Act of 2025 would require the automatic sealing of certain federal criminal records, including arrests that did not lead to conviction and convictions for simple marijuana possession or other nonviolent marijuana-related offenses, once sentence requirements are met. It would also allow individuals to petition for sealing of other nonviolent offenses after a waiting period. The bill protects sealed records from most background checks and disclosure, while permitting limited access by law enforcement and courts for specific purposes like national security or firearms-related employment, and imposes penalties for unauthorized access or disclosure.
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
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Who is involved
Sponsors
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.