AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-21-401 and Title 40, relative to expunction of criminal records.
Summary
HB2622 amends Tennessee’s expunction law by extending the time period in Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-32-102(d), from 30 days to 45 days. The bill is narrowly focused and does not create a new expunction process or change who is eligible for expungement; instead, it changes the deadline or waiting period referenced in the statute governing criminal record expunctions.
In practical terms, the bill gives an additional 15 days in the expunction process under state law. Because the measure is limited to a single statutory time frame, its effect is procedural rather than substantive, but it may affect how quickly criminal records can be cleared and how courts, clerks, or petitioners manage expunction-related filings and processing timelines.
Impact
The bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated Section 40-32-102(d), which is part of the state’s criminal record expunction framework. By changing the statutory period from 30 days to 45 days, it alters the timing requirements associated with expunction procedures and may affect petitioners seeking record relief, as well as court administration and record-processing practices. No other statutes are changed by the bill text provided.
Sentiment
There is no recorded committee discussion or vote history in the provided materials, so the overall sentiment cannot be measured directly from debate or roll-call data. Based on the bill’s limited and procedural nature, it appears to be a technical adjustment rather than a controversial policy overhaul.
Contention
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided transcript or voting history. If any concerns were raised, they are not reflected in the materials here; the only visible issue is the extension of the expunction-related time period from 30 to 45 days, which could matter to people seeking faster record clearance and to agencies responsible for processing expunctions.