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House bill · 89R

HB 2042

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.

Did not pass

Progress

50 days from first to latest action, across 3 recorded actions.

  1. Filed

    Jan 23

  2. Referred to committee

    Mar 14

  3. Heard in committee

    Stopped here

  4. Reported from committee

  5. Passed first chamber

  6. Passed second chamber

  7. Sent to governor

  8. Became law

HouseFebMar

Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.

Full history

Every action recorded by Texas Legislature Online.

  1. Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Criminal Jurisprudence

    Mar 14, 2025 · House

  2. Read first time

    Mar 14, 2025 · House

  3. Filed

    Jan 23, 2025 · House

Authors

In committee

Topics

Courts: GeneralCriminal Procedure: General

Bill text

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HB 2042 (89R) · Polis