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The bill aims to make the Clean Slate implementation process more efficient, streamlined, and automated.

The Clean Slate Initiative, lawmakers, and Maine Recovery Action Project voice concerns that Governor Mills' veto of LD 1911, Maine's proposed Clean Slate Act, mischaracterizes bill.

A Black Enterprise article explores how the AI economy could unlock opportunity by tapping into overlooked talent, including people that are directly impacted.

LD 1911, which will streamline and automate Maine's process for sealing eligible records, heads to Governor Mills for signature.

Maine lawmakers consider Clean Slate legislation that would automate record sealing for thousands of low-level records, expanding access to jobs, housing, and opportunity.

Workshop sheds light on Virginia’s new Clean Slate Law — residents learn how the upcoming law will allow some misdemeanor and felony convictions to be sealed or expunged, offering a path toward second chances and reduced barriers to employment and housing.

Rep. Jehan-Gordon Booth calls the passage of the Clean Slate Act “a labor of love,” marking the culmination of a decade-long effort to automatically seal or expunge certain misdemeanors and low-level felonies for 2.2 million Illinoisans — offering a true second chance.

Illinois joins a growing national movement as the 13th state to pass Clean Slate, giving 1.74 million residents a fair chance at a fresh start.

Representatives Laurel Lee (R-FL) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) introduced the Fresh Start Act, a bipartisan bill to provide support for rehabilitated individuals to have access to employment, housing, and educational opportunities.