Expungement of red flag law records.
Summary
Requires a court to expunge certain records related to the red flag law if the court finds that an individual is not dangerous, and permits a court to expunge certain records related to the red flag law if the court finds that an individual previously found dangerous is no longer dangerous.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Signed Apr 3, 2025
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What changed between versions
Enrolled House Bill (H)
→
House Bill (S)
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4 edits
MODERATE
The bill text was reformatted from an enrolled act version to a standard house bill format, with minor structural reorganization. The substantive policy provisions regarding red flag law expungement remain unchanged, including the effective date of July 1, 2025, and the requirements for courts to expunge records when individuals are found not dangerous or no longer dangerous.
TECHNICAL
Document formatting changed from enrolled act style to standard house bill format with updated headers and page numbering.
Removed printing code instructions and committee referral history that were present in the enrolled version.
Added digest section with summary of bill purpose and affected citations.
Minor reorganization of section text with line number annotations added for legislative tracking.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2025 · House Jan 30, 2025
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Mar 11, 2025
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican40
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
10
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 3, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 274: yeas 96, nays 0
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 226: yeas 49, nays 0
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 48: yeas 91, nays 0
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
2 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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