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type: "Bill"
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."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Alabama SB 117 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Expungement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman-Madison"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f330f48d-5f75-4f80-b925-85e271c8da2f"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB117"
source_hash: "36d5eccae220923b38714867cbcd9020c44cffea96518f5deff88bd38877fdb7"
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-al"]
---
# 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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB117-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209671-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209671-3.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 210511-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210511-2.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 211312-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211312-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 211360-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211360-2.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 212483-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212483-2.pdf)
7. **Amd/Sub 212542-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212542-2.pdf)
8. **Amd/Sub 212584-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212584-1.pdf)
9. **Amd/Sub 213135-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213135-2.pdf)
10. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB117-eng.pdf)
11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB117-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 812 — **870** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 809 — **891** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 808 — **778** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 813 — **5738** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 810 — **901** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 354 — **310** (pass) · upper
- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 353 — **300** (pass) · upper
- Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 351 — **300** (pass) · upper
- Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 352 — **300** (pass) · upper
- Smitherman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 998 — **271** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 811 — **892** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Coleman-Madison — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 351 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 352 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Gudger Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 353 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 354 `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **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`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 4 amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 808 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 809 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 3rd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 810 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 4th Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 811 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 812 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 813 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 998 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-286. `executive-signature`
## Source
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).