Expungement is a legal process that removes criminal records from the eyes of the law. This is a valuable instrument for non-violent offenders dealing with harsh sentences for cannabis possession. Expungement stories and news are organized below:
Wed / Oct 16th
Pennsylvania lawmakers have introduced an adult-use cannabis legalization bill that includes home cultivation, delivery, social-use and expungement, the Philadelphia Inquirer… Read More
Tue / Sep 10th
Only 77 people have applied to have their cannabis charges expunged in Canada and just 44 have been successfully pardoned,… Read More
Mon / Aug 19th
During a Friday rally in Concord, New Hampshire, Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said he would “mass pardon everyone who… Read More
Wed / Aug 14th
A Manhattan, New York Supreme Court Justice has ordered the sealing of more than 300 cannabis possession cases following a… Read More
Tue / Jul 30th
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has signed the bill expanding cannabis decriminalization in the state, the Albany Times Union… Read More
Tue / Jul 23rd
Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler and Sen. Kamala Harris are introducing a bill to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level and… Read More
Wed / Jun 26th
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) has signed a host of new cannabis bills into law, including one that contains language… Read More
Tue / Jun 25th
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed the state’s historic cannabis legalization and regulation bill today, making Illinois the 11th state… Read More
Fri / Jun 21st
Working past the scheduled close of the 2019 legislative session, the New York State Senate approved legislation Thursday night to… Read More
Thu / Jun 20th
New York lawmakers failed to pass any cannabis legislation before the session adjourned on Wednesday night, including their “plan B”… Read More
Mon / Jun 10th
The Oregon House has passed a measure to make expunging low-level cannabis crimes easier, including removing all fees associated with… Read More
Fri / May 31st
The Illinois House of Representatives has approved the Senate’s legalization bill, sending the plan to the governor’s desk and putting… Read More
Thu / May 30th
The Illinois Senate has approved the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which would establish a taxed-and-regulated marketplace in the state… Read More
Tue / May 28th
New York lawmakers have amended the state’s recreational cannabis bill in an effort to make it more palatable to Gov.… Read More
Thu / May 16th
New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney is planning to put a recreational cannabis legalization question on 2020 general election ballots… Read More
Tue / May 14th
After years of lobbying efforts by citizens, activist groups and legislators in Washington State, Gov. Jay Inslee (D) has signed… Read More
Tue / Apr 30th
On Saturday, April 27, a bill in Washington state requiring courts to vacate misdemeanor cannabis convictions upon request passed the… Read More
Thu / Apr 18th
The Washington state House of Representatives has approved a bill expunging nearly 69,000 misdemeanor cannabis convictions, according to The News… Read More
Wed / Apr 3rd
Prosecutors in Los Angeles County, California are working with nonprofit tech organization Code for America to erase or reduce as… Read More
Wed / Mar 20th
Lawmakers in New Jersey will reportedly vote on an adult-use legalization measure as early as next week after it passed… Read More
Fri / Mar 15th
The Washington state Senate has successfully passed legislation that, if signed into law, would vacate tens of thousands of prior… Read More
Wed / Feb 27th
The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office has expunged 9,362 felony and misdemeanor cannabis convictions dating from as far back as… Read More
Fri / Feb 15th
The Washington State legislature has proposed House and Senate companion bills that, if passed, would grant clemency for some Washingtonians… Read More
Mon / Jan 7th
At the Washington Cannabis Summit on Friday, January 4, Gov. Jay Inslee (D) announced he would exercise his constitutional clemency authority… Read More
