Official Text and Analysis.

• Creates a cause of action where various legal and government entities that disseminate sealed or destroyed juvenile records may be sued for damages by the subject of those records. • Requires that courts provide written notice to individuals whose records are sealed that includes information about the meaning of having a sealed juvenile record. • Prohibits state government agencies that conduct state-based background checks for licensing or hiring determinations from considering or using any information related to the commission of a juvenile offense unless the agency confirms that the official juvenile court record related to that offense remains open for public inspection.

Removes government, governmental subdivisions, agencies, and municipalities from the list of entities that may be sued for disseminating sealed or destroyed records and restores liability protections for state and local governments and their officers and employees for the failure to destroy juvenile records.