[caption id="attachment_412519" align="alignleft" width="150"] Sen. Keith Perry[/caption] A Senate panel has agreed to expand a law that allows juveniles who complete diversion programs to expunge their criminal records. The Senate Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Subcommittee voted 6-0 on February 9 to approve SB 274 by committee Chair Keith Perry, R-Gainesville. A similar measure made it to the Senate floor last year, but failed to pass before the session adjourned, Perry said. Under current law, juveniles who complete diversion programs can have their arrest records expunged, but only for misdemeanor offenses. The measure would amend the law to include any charges, including felonies, according to a staff analysis. Pointing to “any charge” in the staff analysis, Sen. George Gainer, R-Panama City, said he was worried that the bill goes too far. “There’s a lot of difference between shooting somebody and shoplifting,” he said. But Perry and other supporters assured Gainer that the measure only applies to juveniles who complete diversion