Here we are on the brink of a new year.

While we're all preoccupied with what our hopes and goals are for 2023, there are a couple of new laws coming in 2023 that you may have forgotten about. Now, these laws may or may not affect you personally, but, overall, they're bringing positive changes.

Here are the two new major laws taking effect in Michigan in 2023:

1. Automatic Expungement of Records

According to Michigan.gov, as of April 2023, and moving forward, an automated system for expunging convictions will be implemented. That means that those looking to expunge their records won't have to file an application.

The outlines given by Michigan.gov are as follows:

• Up to 2 felony convictions will automatically be expunged the later of 10 years after sentencing or the person's release from custody.
• Up to 4 misdemeanors will automatically be expunged 7 years after sentencing.

There is a list of convictions that will not be eligible for automatic expungement. Those include:

• assaultive offenses
• serious misdemeanors
• convictions that involve a minor, a vulnerable adult, injury or serious impairment of a person, death of a person

And more. See the full list here.

What Does Expungement Actually Do?

Some may wonder why a person would need their record expunged. The main benefit of expunging a record has to do with employment.

To be clear, expungement is not equivalent to a pardon which shows the crime never happened. Instead, an expungement takes a prior guilty or no contest...

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