---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, permits a person who has no more than two convictions to petition on a one-time basis for expunction of both convictions, if each offense is otherwise eligible for expunction and if the offenses were two misdemeanors or one misdemeanor and one felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, permits a person who has no more than two convictions to petition on a one-time basis for expunction of both convictions, if each offense is otherwise eligible for expunction and if the offenses were two misdemeanors or one misdemeanor and one felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 800"
citation: "Tennessee SB 800 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Dickerson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db4601a8-bf50-4531-89f1-502fa69722ce"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0800&GA=110"
source_hash: "f33723fb306dcbd3eebd85b3e919938fcd67ca95cb230e36d355b66b8d6f4a3c"
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 800 (110) — Public Records - As enacted, permits a person who has no more than two convictions to petition on a one-time basis for expunction of both convictions, if each offense is otherwise eligible for expunction and if the offenses were two misdemeanors or one misdemeanor and one felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.

## 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/SB0800.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 3 PNV 0 4/18/2017 Passed — **5–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)
- Dickerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass. if am., 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 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0308) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 3 PNV 0
- **2017-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0481)
- **2017-04-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 298
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 298
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/05/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db4601a8-bf50-4531-89f1-502fa69722ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).