---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, Municipal - As enacted, specifies that municipal court has jurisdiction over the expunction of a person's conviction for a violation of a municipal ordinance from the public records; specifies conditions for such expunction. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3 and Title 40."
description: "Courts, Municipal - As enacted, specifies that municipal court has jurisdiction over the expunction of a person's conviction for a violation of a municipal ordinance from the public records; specifies conditions for such expunction. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 281"
citation: "Tennessee HB 281 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Municipal"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1602eddc-7485-4320-a417-6f6dad1b43b9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0281&GA=113"
source_hash: "8544e16afbe0cf4747472777a3b601e9f6244c045e9efd54ccf02ced0681277c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 281 (113) — Courts, Municipal - As enacted, specifies that municipal court has jurisdiction over the expunction of a person's conviction for a violation of a municipal ordinance from the public records; specifies conditions for such expunction. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3 and Title 40.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0029** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0029.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0436** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0436.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0281.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/14/2023 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/17/2023 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2023 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/21/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023 2/23/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baum — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-21** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/7/2023
- **2023-02-07** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2023
- **2023-02-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0029) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0436)
- **2023-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-18** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-18** Pub. Ch. 356

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1602eddc-7485-4320-a417-6f6dad1b43b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).