# Tennessee SB 1055: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 16; Title 38; Title 40; Title 55 and Title 57, relative to expunction. Tennessee SB 1055, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 16; Title 38; Title 40; Title 55 and Title 57, relative to expunction., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-04-29 (Effective date(s) 04/24/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1055-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee SB 1055 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 16; Title 38; Title 40; Title 55 and Title 57, relative to expunction. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-05 - Last action: 2025-04-29, Effective date(s) 04/24/2025 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Expunction - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (130 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 12 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Cleared records restore rights and legal status: benefit, medium. An expunction order subjects public conviction records to destruction and legally treats the conviction as if it never happened. You regain your prior legal status and must not face adverse consequences from the expunged offense. Leaving out the cleared matter when answering an inquiry is not perju… - Pardoned people can clear nonviolent convictions: benefit, medium. People with nonviolent convictions can ask the convicting court to clear public records after receiving a governor's pardon. This route requires a favorable parole-board vote for the pardon and the convicting judge's finding that the crime was nonviolent. - New funds support record clearing work: benefit, low. The law creates a district attorneys' fund for required record searches, expunction petitions, and proposed orders. Leftover money can support specified prosecution and law-enforcement work; salary supplements remain subject to the existing statutory limit. A separate state fund supports public def… - State checks guide court record clearing: cost, low. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation must provide a certificate checking whether an offense qualifies for record clearing. Courts generally need it for ordinary conviction and trafficking-victim relief; specified arrest and case-outcome routes are exempt unless diversion applies. The certificate c… - Conviction clearing with waiting periods and limits: mixed, high. You can seek to clear listed convictions, including specified Class C, D, and E felonies. The limit is two eligible offenses: two misdemeanors, or one felony and one misdemeanor. Eligible convictions from one continuous episode, at the same location with one criminal intent, count as one offense. W… - Free record clearing after qualifying case outcomes: mixed, high. You can request free destruction of public records after qualifying dismissals, dropped charges, grand-jury no-true-bill decisions, or release without charges. After acquittal on all charges, the judge must offer record destruction without requiring a petition. A personal representative can apply w… - Clear related charges from electronic records: mixed, medium. A conviction from the same conduct or indictment can block full record clearing for related charges. You can still request removal of the other charges from national and state crime databases and public court-clerk databases. Records of the offense you were convicted of can remain. The state invest… - Cleared records stay private with exceptions: mixed, medium. Clerks must keep expunged records private; unauthorized release is a Class A misdemeanor. Ordinary conviction-expunction records are accessible only to the prosecutor, defendant, defense lawyer, and judge. They can increase a sentence only after the person is later charged and convicted of another… - Record clearing after diversion requires a fee: mixed, medium. You can request removal of public records after charges are dismissed following successful pretrial or judicial diversion. This route excludes sexual offenses and violent sexual offenses. You must pay the applicable clerk's fee; the supplied text does not give its amount. - Record relief for mistaken arrests and protests: mixed, medium. Courts can order faster record clearing when an investigation shows the arrested or charged person was mistaken for someone else. People convicted while challenging segregation or discrimination laws can seek relief after at least 37 years. That route covers eligible misdemeanors and specified Clas… - Voting conviction relief after fifteen years: mixed, medium. You can seek record clearing for illegal registration or voting convictions after at least 15 years from sentence completion. You must finish imprisonment or probation, meet release terms, and pay fines, restitution, court costs, and other assessments. The offense must predate any ineligible convic… - Arrest record relief requires review and fees: mixed, low. You can ask to clear an arrest record when the court with jurisdiction has no record of that arrest. The clerk must certify the missing court history. The court reviews that certification and evidence from you and the prosecutor; relief is not automatic. You must pay the applicable clerk's fee, who… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-14 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/14/2025 | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2025-04-14 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 | pass | 92 | 0 | | | 2025-04-01 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 1 | | ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0268.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1055.pdf) - HA0361: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0361.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1055.pdf) - SA0362: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0362.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (signed) - SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to low-income housing. (signed) - SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. (signed) - SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. (signed) - HB 2670: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 85 of the Private Acts of 2004; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative t… (signed) - HB 2656: AN ACT to amend Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended by Chapter 335 of the Private Acts of 1968; Chapter 282 of the Private Acts of 1972; Chapte… (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0268.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1055.pdf) - [HA0361 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0361.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1055.pdf) - [SA0362 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0362.pdf) ## Related - [SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0855-2025-2026) - [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026) - [SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0254-2025-2026) - [SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0198-2025-2026) - [HB 2670: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2670-2025-2026) - [HB 2656: AN ACT to amend Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2656-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1055-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).