Sealing of Criminal History Records

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Sealing of Criminal History Records; Providing that persons adjudicated guilty of certain misdemeanor offenses are eligible to petition a court to seal the criminal history record of such offenses; revising certain eligibility criteria to provide that a person is eligible to petition the court to seal a criminal history record if such person is no longer serving the sentence to which the petition to seal pertains, etc.

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Dec 9, 2025SenateFiled
2. Dec 16, 2025CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules · Senate Criminal Justice
3. Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroduced
4. Jan 15, 2026CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Criminal Justice
5. Jan 20, 2026CommitteeCS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 · Senate Criminal Justice7–1 vote
6. Jan 21, 2026SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
7. Jan 22, 2026CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
8. Jan 22, 2026CommitteeCS by Criminal Justice read 1st time · Senate Criminal Justice
9. Mar 13, 2026CommitteeDied in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• Corey SimonR Primary sponsor · District 3
• CJ Criminal Justice Sponsoring committee