---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that partial expunctions of criminal records are the removal of electronic records from relevant national, state, and local databases; adds $5.00 to seat belt violation fines to cover court clerk costs. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101 and Section 55-9-603."
description: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that partial expunctions of criminal records are the removal of electronic records from relevant national, state, and local databases; adds $5.00 to seat belt violation fines to cover court clerk costs. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101 and Section 55-9-603."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1137"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1137 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb965563-0f8d-4501-9e67-588471e7d208"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1137&GA=110"
source_hash: "4a8a0ecab9692ef7f5d395ac7662761df271103bb51121b03776c24b9f45c228"
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 SB 1137 (110) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that partial expunctions of criminal records are the removal of electronic records from relevant national, state, and local databases; adds $5.00 to seat belt violation fines to cover court clerk costs. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101 and Section 55-9-603.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1137.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 4/19/2017 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 5/2/2017 Passed (1) — **7–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-18** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2017-04-19** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 83, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0233) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 3 calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-04** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 5/5/2017
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 17, Nays 8, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0463)
- **2017-05-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-05** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 77, Nays 4 PNV 0 HB0099
- **2017-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 358
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 358
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb965563-0f8d-4501-9e67-588471e7d208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).