The House of Representatives voted 65-7 to seal the criminal records of individuals who received a deferred sentence.  The records could be sealed for any crime as long as the sentence was deferred, and there were no other problems with the law.  Supporters point out that the change will allow those who have committed crimes to more easily find jobs and apartments.  That's exactly what I'm afraid of.

     With the records sealed, child molesters could work in daycare centers, embezzlers could become book keepers, and burglars could rent the apartment upstairs.  With the law changed, who would know?  Aren't you proud of your General Assembly?

     Here's a list of how the representatives voted:

Voting yes
Ajello, D-Providence
Almeida, D-Providence
Baldelli-Hunt, D-Woonsocket
Caprio, D-Narragansett
Carnevale, D-Providence
Carter, D-North Kingstown
Coderre, D-Pawtucket
Corvese, D-North Providence
Costantino, D-Providence
DaSilva, D-East Providence
DeSimone, D-Providence
Diaz, D-Providence
Driver, D-Richmond
Edwards, D-Tiverton
Ehrhardt, R-North Kingstown
Fellela, D-Johnston
Ferri, D-Warwick
Fierro, D-Woonsocket
Flaherty, D-Warwick
Fox, D-Providence
Gablinske, D-Bristol
Gallison, D-Bristol
Gemma, D-Warwick
Giannini, D-Providence
Guthrie, D-Coventry
Handy, D-Cranston
Jackson, D-Newport
Jacquard, D-Cranston
Kennedy, D-Hopkinton
Lally, D-South Kingstown
Lima, D-Cranston
Malik, D-Warren
Martin, D-Newport
Mattiello, D-Cranston
McCauley, D-Providence
McNamara, D-Warwick
Melo, D-East Providence
Naughton, D-Warwick
Newberry, R-N. Smithfield
O'Neill, D-Pawtucket
Pacheco, D-Burrillville
Petrarca, D-Lincoln
Pollard, D-Foster
A. Rice, D-Portsmouth
M. Rice, D-South Kingstown
Ruggiero, D-Jamestown
San Bento, D-Pawtucket
Savage, R-East Providence
Schadone, D-North Providence
Segal, D-Providence
Serpa, D-West Warwick
Shallcross Smith, D-Lincoln
Silva, D-Central Falls
Sullivan, D-Coventry
Trillo, R-Warwick
Ucci, D-Johnston
Vaudreuil, D-Cumberland
Walsh, D-Charlestown
Wasylyk, D-Providence
Watson, R-East Greenwich
Williams, D-Providence
Williamson, D-Coventry
Winfield, D-Smithfield

Voting no
Brien, D-Woonsocket
Hearn, D-Barrington
Kilmartin, D-Pawtucket
Loughlin, R-Tiverton
MacBeth, D-Cumberland
Menard, D-Lincoln
Palumbo, D-Cranston

Did not vote
Azzinaro, D-Westerly
Marcello, D-Scituate
Murphy, D-West Warwick