Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to provide that criminal history records shall be shielded from disclosure under certain circumstances.

The Clean Slate Act would permit those with relatively minor non-violent, non-sexual offenses to petition for sealing of their public records provided they have gone at least five years since the completion of the sentence without any subsequent offenses. Only one offense, or offenses arising from a single incident or transaction would be eligible for sealing. Should there be a subsequent felony conviction, the exemption from disclosure wouldberevoked. Shouldthesealingremedybegranted, therecordwouldstillbeavailabletolawenforcement and prosecutors for any purpose and could still be used to enhance future penalties. The person seeking to have the records shielded from disclosure would bear the costs of legal counsel in seeking such relief.