Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act

Bill: 117-hr-1924
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-16
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 7.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act</strong> <p>This bill expands eligibility for the expungement of records related to a first-time drug possession offense.</p> <p>Current law permits expungement for offenders who commit the offense before age 21. This bill permits expungement for offenders who commit the offense at any age.

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1924 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2021 Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Mr. Taylor , Mr. Nadler , and Mr. Crenshaw ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide first-time, low-level, nonviolent simple possession offenders an opportunity to expunge that conviction after successful completion of court-imposed probation.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act . 2. Eliminating age requirement for ex­punge­ment of certain convictions for simple possession of controlled substances by nonviolent offenders Section 3607(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking and the person was less than twenty-one years old at the time of the offense, .