Hearing
House Judiciary Hearing
Room 200 at 13:30:00
SB88 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
SB88 Alabama 2025 Session
Senate Bill
Enacted
Current Status
2025 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Arthur Orr SenatorRepublican - Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- Expungement; hearing requirement further provided for
- Description
Under existing law, a person may file a petition to have a criminal offense expunged in certain circumstances.
Under existing law, if no objection to a petition is filed by the prosecuting authority or the victim, the court shall rule on the merits of the petition without having a hearing.
This bill would allow a judge to set a hearing on a petition for an expungement even if no objection to the expungement petition is filed by the prosecuting authority or victim.
- Subjects
- Criminal Procedure
Bill Actions
S
Enacted
S
Enacted
S
Delivered to Governor
H
Signature Requested
S
Enrolled
S
Ready to Enroll
S
Orr Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1043
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1224
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1223 QNI8B41-1
H
Hill 1st Amendment Offered QNI8B41-1
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee Second House
H
Pending House Judiciary
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary
S
Engrossed
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 243
S
Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 242 XD81NZE-1
S
Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered XD81NZE-1
S
Third Reading in House of Origin
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
S
Judiciary 1st Amendment XD81NZE-1
S
Pending Senate Judiciary
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Calendar
Hearing
Senate Judiciary Hearing
Room 325 at 09:30:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 243
Yes
30
Absent
4
Orr motion to Adopt - Roll Call 242 XD81NZE-1
Yes
30
Absent
4
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
30
Absent
4
SBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
30
Absent
4
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 1224
Yes
102
No
1
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 1223 QNI8B41-1
Yes
103
Orr Concur In and Adopt - Roll Call 1043
Yes
25
Absent
9
Documents
Bill Text (Enrolled)
SB88 Alabama 2025 Session - Enrolled
Bill Text (Engrossed)
SB88 Alabama 2025 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
SB88 Alabama 2025 Session - Introduced
Amendment
Senate Judiciary Judiciary 1st Amendment
Amendment
House Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1223
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by First Chamber Committee
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Enacted
Source: Alabama Legislature