---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expungement , to provide that a person adjudged youthful offender for a misdemeanor offense, violation, traffic violation, or municipal ordinance violation may file a petition to have records expunged."
description: "Criminal Procedure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 153"
citation: "Alabama SB 153 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd972641-d790-4c4f-a6fa-b163d8090865"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "b0eaf80bcb50a6378b5eb5edd471f0091057a11cdbba50b86f14661b5ec4b777"
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-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 153 (2024rs) — Expungement , to provide that a person adjudged youthful offender for a misdemeanor offense, violation, traffic violation, or municipal ordinance violation may file a petition to have records expunged.

Criminal Procedure

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB153-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1548608.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB153-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 223 on SB153 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 224 on SB153 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1165 on SB153 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1166 on SB153 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1166 `passage`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 224 `passage`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15T19:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-407 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd972641-d790-4c4f-a6fa-b163d8090865`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).