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type: "Bill"
title: "Expunction - As enacted, permits a person to have the person's criminal records expunged if the person has been convicted of one or more criminal offenses other than the offense for which the person is seeking expunction; clarifies that a person is only eligible for expunction of criminal records once; requires that the person not have been convicted of a criminal offense that is ineligible for expunction, including federal offenses and offenses in other states, that occurred prior to the offense for which the person is seeking expunction. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32."
description: "Expunction - As enacted, permits a person to have the person's criminal records expunged if the person has been convicted of one or more criminal offenses other than the offense for which the person is seeking expunction; clarifies that a person is only eligible for expunction of criminal records once; requires that the person not have been convicted of a criminal offense that is ineligible for expunction, including federal offenses and offenses in other states, that occurred prior to the offense for which the person is seeking expunction. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1679"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1679 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Expunction"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/057395d6-fd50-4e08-a9b7-55d9e4c9729d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1679&GA=112"
source_hash: "074535fda0f3e2805d6620cb6dcb119127b3a8f6b11346c98ac13d9e3b388803"
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 1679 (112) — Expunction - As enacted, permits a person to have the person's criminal records expunged if the person has been convicted of one or more criminal offenses other than the offense for which the person is seeking expunction; clarifies that a person is only eligible for expunction of criminal records once; requires that the person not have been convicted of a criminal offense that is ineligible for expunction, including federal offenses and offenses in other states, that occurred prior to the offense for which the person is seeking expunction. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0503** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0503.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0504** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0504.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1679.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2022 Passed (2) — **100** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2022 Passed (1) — **890** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/9/2022 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/23/2022 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: 2/22/2022 Passed (3) — **63** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lamberth — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-26** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/2/2022
- **2022-02-02** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/9/2022
- **2022-02-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0503) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0504)
- **2022-03-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-14** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-03-30** Pub. Ch. 677
- **2022-03-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 677
- **2022-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/057395d6-fd50-4e08-a9b7-55d9e4c9729d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).