2021-2022 Regular Session • Tennessee Legislature
HB1679: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, relative to expunction of criminal records.
Legislative Summary
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 History
1/11/2022
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
1/12/2022
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
1/13/2022
P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
House of Representatives
1/18/2022
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House of Representatives
1/26/2022
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/2/2022
House of Representatives
2/2/2022
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
2/2/2022
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
House of Representatives
2/2/2022
Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/9/2022
House of Representatives
2/9/2022
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
2/9/2022
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
2/9/2022
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
House of Representatives
2/16/2022
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
House of Representatives
2/23/2022
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
2/23/2022
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/1/2022
House of Representatives
3/1/2022
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
House of Representatives
3/2/2022
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
House of Representatives
3/3/2022
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
House of Representatives
3/10/2022
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/10/2022
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0503)
House of Representatives
3/10/2022
Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0
House of Representatives
3/10/2022
Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
House of Representatives
3/14/2022
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
Senate
3/14/2022
Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
Senate
3/14/2022
Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0504)
Senate
3/14/2022
Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
Senate
3/16/2022
Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
House of Representatives
3/16/2022
Signed by H. Speaker
House of Representatives
3/16/2022
Signed by Senate Speaker
Senate
3/17/2022
Transmitted to Governor for his action.
House of Representatives
3/28/2022
Signed by Governor.
3/30/2022
Pub. Ch. 677
3/30/2022
Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
Amendments
HA0503
Amendment 1-0 to HB1679
2/10/2022Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration
3/14/2022
32
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION
3/10/2022
89
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(3/30/2022)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Republican: 10
Democrat: 7
Primary Sponsor
William Lamberth
Republican
Co-Sponsors (16)
Curtis Halford
Republican
G.A. Hardaway
Democrat
David Hawk
Republican
Lowell Russell
Republican
Debra Moody
Republican
Bill Beck
Democrat
Vincent Dixie
Democrat
Dan Howell
Republican
Paul Sherrell
Republican
Rick Eldridge
Republican
John Crawford
Republican
Johnny Shaw
Democrat
Karen Camper
Democrat
Dwayne Thompson
Democrat
Darren Jernigan
Democrat
Esther Helton-Haynes
Republican