Oregon House Passes Expungement Reforms
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
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Illinois Lawmakers Approve Adult-Use Legalization
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
Illinois Senate Advances Adult-Use Cannabis Bill
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
New York Lawmakers Amend Adult-Use Bill In Final Bid
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
New Jersey Voters Could Decide Legalization in 2020
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
Washington Gov. Signs Expungement Bill Into Law
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
Washington Passes Bill Reversing Misdemeanor Cannabis Convictions
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
Washington Lawmakers Approve Bill Expunging 69,000 Cannabis Convictions
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
LA County, California Using Algorithms to Expunge Cannabis Convictions
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
New Jersey Legislature Could Vote on Legalization Next Week
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
Washington Senate Approves Cannabis Expungement Bill
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
San Francisco Expunges 9,000 Prior Cannabis Convictions
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
Washington Proposal Would Expunge 200,000 Cannabis Crimes
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
Washington Gov. to Issue Cannabis Pardons
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
Illinois Expungement Bill Receives New Support
Thu / Dec 13th
An Illinois state Senate bill that would expunge low-level cannabis crimes has received new support, according to a WQAD 8 report. Illinois… Read More
Boulder, Colorado to Erase Prior Cannabis Convictions
Tue / Dec 4th
Prosecutors in Boulder, Colorado are taking things a step further over the state and moving to completely erase previous cannabis… Read More
This Week is National Expungement Week
Wed / Oct 24th
October 20-27 is National Expungement Week, a national series of free legal clinics aimed to help victims of the war… Read More
Canada Legalizes Cannabis, Possession Pardons Incoming
Wed / Oct 17th
Today marks the official legalization of cannabis in Canada. Canada, following in the footsteps of Uruguay, is only the second nation… Read More
Canadian Lawmaker Calls for Cannabis Expungements
Thu / Oct 4th
Canadian lawmaker Murray Rankin, an MP with the New Democratic Party from Victoria, intends to bring forward a bill that… Read More
Bipartisan Group Aims to Clear Cannabis Convictions
Thu / Sep 13th
A bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives that call themselves “strange bedfellows” is working together to clear federal cannabis-related convictions off… Read More
Brooklyn DA Wants to Erase 20,000 Cannabis Convictions
Fri / Sep 7th
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has proposed erasing tens of thousands of low-level cannabis convictions, The Associated Press reports. Gonzalez’s reasoning… Read More
Cannabis Expungement Bill Passes California Legislature
Thu / Aug 23rd
On Wednesday, the California state legislature approved a bill that requires the state’s Department of Justice to review cannabis convictions… Read More
Missouri Governor Signs Bill Allowing Expungement of Most Cannabis Convictions
Mon / Jul 18th
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed a bill into law last week that will allow the expungement of the majority of the… Read More