# 119-s-1580: Clean Slate Act of 2025

119-s-1580, Clean Slate Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1580
- Congress: 119
- Title: Clean Slate Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-01
- Sponsor: Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-03

## Summary

**Automatic sealing of many federal nonviolent and marijuana-related records** would create a federal system that automatically seals certain arrests and convictions after people finish their sentence and offers a petition route for additional eligible nonviolent convictions. - Families and individuals: People arrested but not charged have related records sealed automatically 180 days after the arrest and acquittals seal automatically 60 days after acquittal. Covered federal marijuana and other nonviolent convictions seal automatically once all sentence terms are complete. - Employers and workers: Sealed records are excluded from most background checks and employers are immune from liability for claims tied to sealed portions of an employee's record. - Courts, agencies, and public safety: District courts must publish annual, disaggregated reports on sealing petitions and the Attorney General must issue rules to implement sealing and ensure pre-enactment records are sealed within two years. Unauthorized disclosure of sealed records can bring fines or up to one year in prison.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (R-KY), 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- How to petition to seal federal records: benefit, medium. If enacted, eligible people could file a federal sealing petition one year after finishing their sentence. The court would normally decide within 180 days, unless the petitioner agrees to delay. Magistrate judges may handle petitions and parties would have 14 days to object to findings. The court m…
- Who can see sealed records: benefit, medium. If enacted, sealed federal records generally would not show up on background checks. Law enforcement and courts could still access sealed records for investigations or prosecutions. Certain jobs could still require access, including police, national-security or high-risk federal posts, firearms or…
- Who is covered and automatic sealing: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would define who is a "covered individual" for federal sealing. It would require courts to order records sealed one year after a covered person finishes every part of their sentence for certain federal marijuana or other nonviolent convictions. If a covered person is acquitted…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1580 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1580)

## Related
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1580 (as of 2026-10-03).