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HB 747: Pub. Rec./Sealing of Criminal History Records

PUBLIC RECORDS/GENERAL BILL by Koster

Pub. Rec./Sealing of Criminal History Records; Expands existing public records exemption to include sealed criminal history records of persons adjudicated guilty of certain nonviolent misdemeanor offenses; provides for future review & repeal of expanded exemption; provides for reversion of specified language if exemption is not saved from repeal; provides statement of public necessity.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/11/2025	House	• Filed
  12/16/2025	House	• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/15/2026	House	• Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
  1/20/2026	House	• Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

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• HB 747, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/11/2025 at 1:38 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/20/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 745 (c1)	Sealing of Criminal History Records	Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Linked	Last Action: 1/20/2026 H CS Filed
  S 812 (c1)	Public Records/Sealed Criminal History Records	Simon	Similar	Last Action: 1/21/2026 S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  S 810 (c1)	Sealing of Criminal History Records	Simon	Compare	Last Action: 1/21/2026 S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  943.059	Court-ordered sealing of criminal history records.	Page 1 (pdf)

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