Bill Text: TX SB433 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the expunction of records and files related to certain conduct or offenses committed by a child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-21 - Filed [SB433 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB433-Introduced.html
| 89R433 MCF-D | ||
| By: Miles | S.B. No. 433 | |
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| relating to the expunction of records and files related to certain | ||
| conduct or offenses committed by a child. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter C-1, Chapter 58, | ||
| Family Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER C-1. SEALING, EXPUNCTION, AND DESTRUCTION OF JUVENILE | ||
| RECORDS | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C-1, Chapter 58, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 58.2645 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 58.2645. EXPUNCTION OF CERTAIN RECORDS. (a) | ||
| Notwithstanding any other law, a person who was adjudicated by a | ||
| juvenile court for conduct constituting a misdemeanor may on or | ||
| after the person's 18th birthday apply to the juvenile court to have | ||
| the adjudication expunged. | ||
| (b) Not later than the 30th day after the date a juvenile | ||
| court receives an application for expunction under Subsection (a), | ||
| the juvenile court shall issue an order of expunction. | ||
| (c) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department by rule shall | ||
| establish the application process for expunction under this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 58.265, Family Code, is amended to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| Sec. 58.265. JUVENILE RECORDS NOT SUBJECT TO EXPUNCTION. | ||
| Except as provided by Section 58.2645, records [ |
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| this chapter applies are not subject to an order of expunction | ||
| issued by any court. | ||
| SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall establish | ||
| the application process described by Section 58.2645, Family Code, | ||
| as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply to the | ||
| expunction of records and files relating to a criminal offense or | ||
| conduct constituting a criminal offense regardless of whether the | ||
| offense occurred before, on, or after the effective date of this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
