SB 178 SEALING RECORDS & BACKGROUND CHECKS

Sen Daniel A Ivey-Soto

Actions: [2] SCC/SHPAC/SJC-SCC [4]germane-SHPAC [7] DP-SJC

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 Senate Bill 178 (SB 178) amends the Children’s Code by providing that the sealing of juvenile records does not apply to crimes related to firearms for purposes of the National Instant Criminal Background Check.  

 Senate Bill 178 (SB 178) amends the sealing of a juvenile’s delinquency records in the Children’s Code.  Current law requires that when a child’s record is sealed, the case is treated as if it never occurred, all references are deleted, and if an inquiry of a child’s record is made of an agency, the agency must respond that “no record exists”.  

SB 178 provides that in response to a Federal Instant Background Check, if the records involved the unlawful use or possession of a firearm, the current procedure of deleting all references and responding that “no record exists” does not apply.