SPONSOR: Hicks
This bill provides tiers of dates by which a person who has been convicted of a marijuana possession offense or municipal violation in Missouri prior to August 28, 2021, and who obtains a patient identification card under Article XIV, Section 1, of the Missouri Constitution prior to August 28, 2021, will have such convictions automatically expunged by the court. If a person was convicted of a marijuana possession offense or municipal violation prior to August 28, 2021, but obtains a patient identification card after August 28, 2021, he or she may be eligible to have the offense or violation expunged by petitioning the court in which he or she was convicted if the offense or violation occurred in Missouri and it occurred prior to the person obtaining a patient identification card. These provisions must not be construed to authorize expungement of any conviction or plea of guilty for any offense committed by a commercial driver's license holder that will result in a violation of 49 CFR 384.226, as amended, or an offense committed by a person while he or she was operating a commercial motor vehicle in violation of 49 CFR 391.15.
This bill is similar to HB 2060 (2020).
Statutes affected: