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SB0613 • 2026

Expunction

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4, relative to expunction.

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Sponsor
Massey
Last action
2025-02-04
Official status
Withdrawn.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill was withdrawn, so its current status and future implications are uncertain.

Expunction Law Changes

This bill allows people with old DUI convictions and no other criminal record to have their records cleared after paying an extra $50 fee.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the expunction of a DUI conviction if at least 20 years have passed since completion of the sentence and there are no other criminal convictions.
  • Requires an additional $50 fee for the expunction process.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who have old DUI convictions and no other criminal record
  • Courts and county funds

Terms To Know

Expunction
A legal process that clears a person's criminal record.
DUI
Driving Under the Influence, which is when someone drives after drinking alcohol or using drugs.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill was withdrawn and its status is unclear.
  • It does not specify what happens if a person has other criminal convictions besides DUI.

Bill History

  1. Date Tennessee General Assembly

  2. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Withdrawn.

  3. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 613
By Massey

SB0613
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40,
Chapter 32 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4,
relative to expunction.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-32-101(g)(1)(B)(xlv), is amended
by deleting the subdivision.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-32-101(g)(2)(B), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:
(B) At the time of the filing of the petition for expunction at least:
(i) Five (5) years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence
imposed for the offense the person is seeking to have expunged, if the offense is
a misdemeanor other than driving under the influence of an intoxicant, as defined
in § 55-10-401, or Class E felony;
(ii) Ten (10) years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence
imposed for the offense the person is seeking to have expunged, if the offense is
a Class C or D felony; or
(iii) Twenty (20) years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence
imposed for the offense the person is seeking to have expunged, if the offense is
driving under the influence of an intoxicant, as defined in § 55-10-401; and
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-32-101(g), is amended by adding
the following new subdivision:
(16) Notwithstanding subdivisions (g)(1)(F) and (g)(2)(A)(i), and subsection (k), a
petitioner may only have a conviction for driving under the influence of an intoxicant, as

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defined in § 55-10-401, expunged if the petitioner has not been convicted of any other
criminal offense. In addition to the appropriate clerk's fee pursuant to § 8-21-401, the
petitioner must pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), to be collected by the court clerk and
then deposited in the dedicated county fund established pursuant to § 55-10-412(b) for
use in the same manner as provided in § 55-10-412(c).
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.