00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 257                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to publication of protective orders."                                                                  
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 22.35.030 is amended to read:                                                                      
04 Sec. 22.35.030. Publication of records [RECORDS CONCERNING                                                          
05 CRIMINAL CASES RESULTING IN ACQUITTAL OR DISMISSAL]. The                                                              
06 Alaska Court System may not publish a court record [OF A CRIMINAL CASE] on a                                            
07       publicly available website                                                                                        
08                 (1)  in a criminal case if 60 days have elapsed from the date of                                    
09       acquittal or dismissal and                                                                                        
10                      (A) [(1)]  the defendant was acquitted of all charges filed in the                             
11            case;                                                                                                        
12                      (B) [(2)]  all criminal charges against the defendant in the case                              
13            have been dismissed and were not dismissed as part of a plea agreement in                                    
14            another criminal case under Rule 11, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure;                                     
15                      (C) [(3)]  the defendant was acquitted of some of the criminal                                 

01            charges in the case and the remaining charges were dismissed; or                                             
02                      (D) [(4)]  all criminal charges against the defendant in the case                              
03 have been dismissed after a suspended entry of judgment under AS 12.55.078;                                         
04 (2)  of a protective order under AS 18.66.100 - 18.66.180,                                                          
05 restraining order, or injunction in a case involving domestic violence if the                                       
06 publication would likely reveal the identity or location of the party protected                                     
07       under the order.