republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-577.md

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Bill	Expunction - As enacted, permits an eligible petitioner to have multiple, nonviolent convictions for offenses that resulted from the petitioner's status as a victim of human trafficking expunged if the expunction is in the best interest of justice and public safety and other requirements met. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 32.	Expunction - As enacted, permits an eligible petitioner to have multiple, nonviolent convictions for offenses that resulted from the petitioner's status as a victim of human trafficking expunged if the expunction is in the best interest of justice and public safety and other requirements met. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 32.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 577	Tennessee SB 577 (111)	bill	Expunction	enacted	Carter Gardenhire	3	35	7	2019-01-28	2019-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/87e0a538-3478-4e0a-a34b-84605a328ec4	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0577&GA=111	fd1b67cc77ddce625cb426e84c9de39cbae7c9463fc0aee9b6c1fe21e4891a65	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 577 (111) — Expunction - As enacted, permits an eligible petitioner to have multiple, nonviolent convictions for offenses that resulted from the petitioner's status as a victim of human trafficking expunged if the expunction is in the best interest of justice and public safety and other requirements met. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 32.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0201 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0125 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/19/2019 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS & SENTENCING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/20/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/25/2019 Passed (2) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2019 Passed (1) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carter — primary (person)
• Gardenhire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-01-31 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Assigned to s/c Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-03-13 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
• 2019-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-19 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/27/2019
• 2019-03-20 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-03-22 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
• 2019-03-25 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-03-25 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0125)
• 2019-03-26 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-03-27 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-04-03 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
• 2019-04-04 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-10 Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-10 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0201) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-10 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0201) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-10 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-10 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-12 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/15/2019
• 2019-04-15 Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0201) passage
• 2019-04-17 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-17 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-17 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-18 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-25 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-01 Pub. Ch. 199
• 2019-05-01 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
• 2019-05-01 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 199

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87e0a538-3478-4e0a-a34b-84605a328ec4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).