Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed a criminal justice reform bill that received almost unanimous support from both houses of the Florida state Legislature. The veto was issued without an explanation from the governor’s office.
The bill in question, House Bill 605, aimed to modify the Florida statute related to the expungement of criminal history records. Currently, Florida law prohibits adults from having their criminal records expunged if they had previous juvenile offenses cleared unless the record had been sealed for at least 10 years.
