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| 2 | 2 | | <BillNo> <Sponsor> |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 956 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Lamar |
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| 8 | 8 | | SB0956 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 003171 |
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| 10 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 |
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| 13 | 13 | | and Title 40, relative to expunction of certain |
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| 14 | 14 | | offenses. |
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| 16 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-32-101(g)(2)(B), is amended by |
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| 18 | 18 | | deleting the subdivision and substituting instead: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (B) At the time of the filing of the petition for expunction at least: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (i) Three (3) years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence |
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| 21 | 21 | | imposed for the offense the person is seeking to have expunged, if the offense is |
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| 22 | 22 | | a misdemeanor or Class E felony; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (ii) Six (6) years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence |
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| 24 | 24 | | imposed for the offense the person is seeking to have expunged, if the offense is |
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| 25 | 25 | | a Class D felony; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (iii) Ten (10) years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence |
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| 27 | 27 | | imposed for the offense the person is seeking to have expunged, if the offense is |
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| 28 | 28 | | a Class C felony; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-32-101(k)(1)(C), is amended by |
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| 30 | 30 | | deleting the subdivision and substituting: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (C) At the time of the filing of the petition for expunction at least: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (i) Three (3) years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence |
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| 33 | 33 | | imposed for the most recent offense, if the offenses were both misdemeanors or |
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| 34 | 34 | | a Class E felony and a misdemeanor; |
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| 37 | 37 | | - 2 - 003171 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (ii) Six (6) years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence |
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| 40 | 40 | | imposed for the most recent offense, if one (1) of the offenses was a Class D |
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| 41 | 41 | | felony; or |
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| 42 | 42 | | (iii) Ten (10) years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence |
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| 43 | 43 | | imposed for the most recent offense, if one (1) of the offenses was a Class C |
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| 44 | 44 | | felony; |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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