---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the threshold amount of a loss sustained by a victim that generally makes the offender ineligible for expunction. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101."
description: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the threshold amount of a loss sustained by a victim that generally makes the offender ineligible for expunction. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1296"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1296 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Parkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9671e18-3815-4c1f-9c2c-46d16116d1ba"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1296&GA=110"
source_hash: "93199959100b5a70e2ae4947242b8f65dcfbde4fbc314f2006b33443254e5388"
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 1296 (110) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the threshold amount of a loss sustained by a victim that generally makes the offender ineligible for expunction. - Amends TCA 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/HB1296.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/1/2017 4/27/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/19/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2017 Passed (1) — **85–4** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 4/11/2017 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Parkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-26** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/8/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 4, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0512) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-08** Senate Reset on calendar for 5-9-17
- **2017-05-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 22, Nays 7, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0418)
- **2017-05-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-09** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-30** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-14** Pub. Ch. 487
- **2017-06-14** Effective date(s) 06/06/2017
- **2017-06-14** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 487

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9671e18-3815-4c1f-9c2c-46d16116d1ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).