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Utah's expungement law, which lets people seal past criminal records from public view, would see several changes under this bill. Currently, having any active civil protective order, criminal protective order, or criminal stalking injunction automatically disqualifies someone from getting a certificate of eligibility for expungement; under this bill, a criminal protective order or stalking injunction would still block eligibility, but a civil protective order (typically issued in family or domestic situations) would only block eligibility if it was issued after July 1, 2020. The bill would also expand a rule that eases numerical limits on past convictions for people who have gone at least 10 years without new offenses, applying that relief to drug possession offense conviction counts as well as the existing misdemeanor and felony categories. Finally, the bill would update the definition of "minor regulatory offense" to specifically list the offenses it covers—unsanctioned camping on state property, public intoxication, minors buying or possessing tobacco or e-cigarette products, and allowing a vicious animal to go at large—rather than referring to them only by statute number.