---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, makes various changes to the expunction of juvenile court records, including creating a process for the expunction of juvenile court records for cases in which the juvenile successfully completed pretrial or judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-153 and Section 40-32-101."
description: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, makes various changes to the expunction of juvenile court records, including creating a process for the expunction of juvenile court records for cases in which the juvenile successfully completed pretrial or judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-153 and Section 40-32-101."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1253"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1253 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile Offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb18c0b1-f81f-4fe7-9c73-ec6bb275ccd1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1253&GA=110"
source_hash: "5ecaaa76091819ed513ceb3e1bcf9ca689fec64fd1efbd576ac240d0fe754890"
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 1253 (110) — Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, makes various changes to the expunction of juvenile court records, including creating a process for the expunction of juvenile court records for cases in which the juvenile successfully completed pretrial or judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-153 and Section 40-32-101.

## 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/SB1253.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0151) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-10** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0246)
- **2017-04-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 199
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 199
- **2017-05-03** 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/cb18c0b1-f81f-4fe7-9c73-ec6bb275ccd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).