Expunction - As enacted, permits a person to have the person's criminal records expunged if the person has been convicted of one or more criminal offenses other than the offense for which the person is seeking expunction; clarifies that a person is only eligible for expunction of criminal records once; requires that the person not have been convicted of a criminal offense that is ineligible for expunction, including federal offenses and offenses in other states, that occurred prior to the offense for which the person is seeking expunction. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Mar 28, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 14, 2022 · House Mar 10, 2022
How they voted
31–0
Passed
Total votes 31
Mar 14, 2022
D
Democratic6
100% Yea
R
Republican25
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
45
Key actions
18
Committee
17
Amendments
1
Mar 28, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
upper
Mar 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0503)
lower
Mar 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/1/2022
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
lower
Feb 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Committee
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/9/2022
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/2/2022
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Jan 20, 2022
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Jan 19, 2022
Introduced
Filed for introduction
upper
Jan 18, 2022
Committee
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Jan 13, 2022
Committee
P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Filed for introduction
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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