H273 - Clarify Conditional Discharge Law/No Driving While Impaired Expunction (SL 2015-150)

Overview: S.L. 2015-150, as amended by Sec. 39 of S.L. 2015-264, clarifies that the provisions regarding deferred prosecution and conditional discharge for convictions of H and I felonies and misdemeanors under Structured Sentencing do not apply to convictions of impaired driving and that offenses involving impaired driving cannot be expunged.

The provision relating to deferred prosecution and conditional discharge became effective December 1, 2015, and applies to any order placing a person on probation on or after that date. The provisions pertaining to expunctions became effective July 1, 2015, and apply to petitions filed and pending on or after that date.