I know that lots of you are anxiously awaiting Governor Bevin signing HB40. It will automatically become law ten days after it is delivered from the concurring body (that being the House, who sent the bill to the Governor on April 1). I have every expectation that the Governor may be planning some sort of event for the signing of this historic legislation. There is no reason to believe he will veto it. He won’t. He has said multiple times he will sign it.

All the same, I would like to see the final language of the bill before posting my thoughts on it. I know a lot of people with old offenses are excited and ready for the opportunity. Regardless of when the bill gets signed, it will not go into effect until July, and the forms to apply likely won’t be out for months. We will have plenty of time to discuss how the law is going to work and explore some of the nuances of it between now and then.

If you are reading this, you are one of my good friends who I gave an early preview of the site to. Thank you for your support in helping me accomplish this. I know that the good work I do on this site will lead to many more people accomplishing their dreams. If you aren’t one of the early few, and you somehow are going back through the archives reading this, just know that I wasn’t the only one who put all this together. I had great help from my friends and family.

I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone who had my back on this project. My beautiful wife, my brothers (Lawson, Ty, John, Trevan, everyone), my parents. My great coworkers Alex and Derek. Erin L. Suzanne H. Kim G. You all know who you are. I couldn’t have built this without Angela and Chad and the Plantory. Chris Tracy I see you. Clay, thank you. If I missed anyone else, just know that I’m exhausted and there will be plenty more time to thank people later.

Governor Bevin, sign this bill and let’s get started getting people back to work.

All the best,

Brad Clark

 

As you all likely heard, the House concurred with the Senate bill and Governor Bevin will be signing the bill into law SOON. Stay posted for more coverage, including detailed information about how you can get your record cleared under this new law!