As New York phases in a new law to raise the age at which someone is treated as an adult in the criminal justice system, a state lawmaker is planning legislation that would build on that program by expanding who would be eligible to have their records sealed under the statute.

The bill, set to be introduced by Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas, D-Queens, would broaden a provision of the so-called “Raise the Age” law by allowing people to apply for their records to be sealed if they were eligible to be treated as a youthful offender in the past, but were denied that status.