Texas · House Bill 2042 · 89th Legislature, Regular Session

Relating to automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons who are tried for an offense and subsequently acquitted and to the…

HB 2042 Sponsored by Mihaela Plesa Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 23, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 14, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

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

Relating to automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons who are tried for an offense and subsequently acquitted and to the provision of certain records relating to that expunction.

Every action

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

  1. HouseFiled
  2. HouseRead first time
  3. HouseReferred to Criminal Jurisprudence

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Texas's official records (ftp.legis.state.tx.us), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.