Ohio Fresh Start Act, Proposed Initiated Statute

The Fresh Start Act is an initiated statue developed by ResponsibleOhio, which also developed a defeated 2015 Ohio ballot measure to legalize marijuana for medical and recreational use. The Fresh Start Act was intended as a follow-up to the ballot measure, assuming it was approved by the voters, to allow people with previous marijuana convictions to ask to have the conviction expunged from their records. The Act is modeled after a 2011 state law that allows people to ask to have conviction records expunged for certain firearms convictions that happened before prior law was changed so those violations are . . .