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Sen. Buck Clarke, R-Hollandale, left, waits as Sen. Terry Brown, R-Columbus, fields a constituent's phone call in Senate chambers at the Capitol in Jackson Tuesday. Brown said several business people have called the Capitol to object to making it easier for anyone to ask a judge to erase certain convictions as proposed in a House bill. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
The Senate sent the bill back to a committee for more negotiations Wednesday — a move that killed the bill as lawmakers ended the first part of their session.
A version of the bill had passed the House Tuesday.
Mississippi law already allows people to have records cleared of first-time convictions for certain nonviolent crimes, such as shoplifting, that occur before they're 26. The bill would've expanded the ability to have a record expunged to people convicted at any age. Certain offenses — drunken driving, crimes against children or illegal drug distribution — could not be removed.
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The bill is House Bill 619.
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