Nonviolent Drug Crime Expungement Act of 2020
United States116th CongressHR-8980House of Representatives
Updated: Dec 16, 2020
Summary
Nonviolent Drug Crime Expungement Act of 2020 This bill establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings for federal nonviolent offenses related to cannabis, cocaine, or crack. Further, the bill requires a state, in order to be eligible for Department of Justice grants, to have a substantially similar resentencing and expungement program for nonviolent offenses under state law.
Bill texts
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Timeline
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
House of Representatives
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7225)
Introduced in House
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