republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-778.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Criminal Procedure - As enacted, requires a judge, at the time of sentencing, to notify a person convicted of a misdemeanor offense that is eligible for expunction of the person's eligibility to have all public records of the conviction destroyed and the time period after which the person can petition for expunction of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 40.	Criminal Procedure - As enacted, requires a judge, at the time of sentencing, to notify a person convicted of a misdemeanor offense that is eligible for expunction of the person's eligibility to have all public records of the conviction destroyed and the time period after which the person can petition for expunction of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 40.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 778	Tennessee SB 778 (111)	bill	Criminal Procedure	enacted	Shaw Yarbro	3	34	6	2019-01-29	2019-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/fa5aa5d9-1d5a-4a1a-b3e0-862664f2ff69	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0778&GA=111	3ecb554437b51cefb7f85306f4ccc2df720e0291ff568e36b0b127b1ebff69c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 778 (111) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, requires a judge, at the time of sentencing, to notify a person convicted of a misdemeanor offense that is eligible for expunction of the person's eligibility to have all public records of the conviction destroyed and the time period after which the person can petition for expunction of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0083 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0268 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/9/2019 Passed — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2019 Passed (1) — 87–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/18/2019 Passed — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS & SENTENCING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/6/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Shaw — primary (person)
• Yarbro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-29 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
• 2019-02-13 Placed on s/c cal Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
• 2019-02-20 Action Def. in s/c Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee to 3/6/2019
• 2019-02-27 Placed on s/c cal Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-06 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
• 2019-03-21 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-03-28 Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-03-28 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0083) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-01 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-09 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2019-04-16 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-18 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-18 Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-18 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0268)
• 2019-04-18 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-04-22 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-04-23 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-23 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-25 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-09 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 244
• 2019-05-09 Pub. Ch. 244
• 2019-05-09 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa5aa5d9-1d5a-4a1a-b3e0-862664f2ff69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).