Signed by Governor Phil Bryant

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends criminal justice regulations, effective July 1, 2019.

Highlights:

• Authorizes drug intervention courts to provide clinical assessments for individuals who have two or more DUI convictions to determine whether they have an alcohol dependence (Sec. 8).

• Authorizes drug intervention courts to recommend and provide court-approved medication-assisted rehabilitation treatment (Sec. 8).

• Authorizes individuals convicted of a felony to apply for one-time expungement of public records which show prior criminal convictions, but does not apply to the following convictions (Sec. 41):

• Violent crimes;

• First degree arson;

• Trafficking of controlled substances;

• Third, fourt, and subsequent DUI offences;

• A felon found possession of a firearm;

• Failure to register as a sex offender;

• Voyeurism; and

• Witness intimidation.

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