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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Expungement, to expand the expungement of criminal records to include convictions of certain misdemeanor offenses, traffic violations, municipal ordinances, and felony offenses, to increase the filing fee for expungements, Secs. 15-27-1, 15-27-2, 15-27-4, 15-27-5, 15-27-7 to 15-27-10, inclusive, 15-27-19 am'd."
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description: "Expungement, to expand the expungement of criminal records to include convictions of certain misdemeanor offenses, traffic violations, municipal ordinances, and felony offenses, to increase the filing fee for expungements, Secs. 15-27-1, 15-27-2, 15-27-4, 15-27-5, 15-27-7 to 15-27-10, inclusive, 15-27-19 am'd."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
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legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
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session: "2021rs"
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identifier: "SB 117"
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citation: "Alabama SB 117 (2021rs)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Expungement"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Coleman-Madison"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f330f48d-5f75-4f80-b925-85e271c8da2f"
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source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB117"
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source_hash: "36d5eccae220923b38714867cbcd9020c44cffea96518f5deff88bd38877fdb7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
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---
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# Alabama SB 117 (2021rs) — Expungement, to expand the expungement of criminal records to include convictions of certain misdemeanor offenses, traffic violations, municipal ordinances, and felony offenses, to increase the filing fee for expungements, Secs. 15-27-1, 15-27-2, 15-27-4, 15-27-5, 15-27-7 to 15-27-10, inclusive, 15-27-19 am'd.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB117-int.pdf)
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2. **Amd/Sub 209671-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209671-3.pdf)
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3. **Amd/Sub 210511-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210511-2.pdf)
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4. **Amd/Sub 211312-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211312-1.pdf)
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5. **Amd/Sub 211360-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211360-2.pdf)
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6. **Amd/Sub 212483-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212483-2.pdf)
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7. **Amd/Sub 212542-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212542-2.pdf)
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8. **Amd/Sub 212584-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212584-1.pdf)
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9. **Amd/Sub 213135-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213135-2.pdf)
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10. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB117-eng.pdf)
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11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB117-enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 812 — **87–0** (pass) · lower
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- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 809 — **89–1** (pass) · lower
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- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 808 — **77–8** (pass) · lower
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- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 813 — **57–38** (pass) · lower
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- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 810 — **90–1** (pass) · lower
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- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 354 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 353 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 351 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 352 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- Smitherman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 998 — **27–1** (pass) · upper
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- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 811 — **89–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Coleman-Madison — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
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- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
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- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 351 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 352 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Gudger Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 353 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 354 `passage`
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- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
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- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 4 amendments `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 808 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 809 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 3rd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 810 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 4th Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 811 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 812 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 813 `passage`
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- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
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- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 998 `passage`
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- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
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- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
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- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
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- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-286. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f330f48d-5f75-4f80-b925-85e271c8da2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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