Monitoring the Session

SB 394

bill extends handgun charge expunction to deferred adjudication

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Kevin SparksRSenate 31

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the unlawful carrying of a handgun.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Arrests before September 1, 2021 qualify, deferred cases now too.

The bill expands an existing expunction right for people arrested for unlawfully carrying a handgun before September 1, 2021. Today the right covers people convicted of that offense, and the bill adds people who were placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for it. Those people can now have all records and files of the arrest wiped, starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 19, 2024 and referred to the Senate Criminal Justice committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB394 · 2024-11-19

SOLD BY

Sen. Kevin SparksRSenate 31

ITEM

relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the unlawful carrying of a handgun.

WHAT IT DOES

Arrests before September 1, 2021 qualify, deferred cases now too.

The bill expands an existing expunction right for people arrested for unlawfully carrying a handgun before September 1, 2021. Today the right covers people convicted of that offense, and the bill adds people who were placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for it. Those people can now have all records and files of the arrest wiped, starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Criminal Justice
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Kevin Sparks

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$60KKyle & Jamie Stallings$25,000Tim Dunn$25,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 25, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$60,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$60,000.00

Cash
$60,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$60,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101012623, 101029380, 101072732.

Kyle & Jamie Stallings$25,000.00
Tim Dunn$25,000.00
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

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Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$60,000.00

Cash
$60,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$60,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101012623, 101029380, 101072732.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Nov 19, 2024

02/03/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Senate committee · Criminal Justice · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

HB 2066 by Virdell (identical)

Subjects

Crimes--Miscellaneous

Criminal Procedure--General

Weapons

CRIMINAL RECORDS

DEFERRED ADJUDICATION

EXPUNCTION OF RECORDS

MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION

Text

The text as introduced · 163 words

89R4483 JRR-D

By: Sparks
S.B. No. 394

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain

defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision

for the unlawful carrying of a handgun.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article 55A.005, Code of Criminal Procedure, is

amended to read as follows:

Art. 55A.005. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN. A person to

whom this subchapter applies is entitled to have all records and

files relating to the arrest expunged if:

(1) the person was :

(A) tried for and convicted of the offense for

which the person was arrested; or

(B) placed on deferred adjudication community

supervision under Subchapter C, Chapter 42A, for the offense for

which the person was arrested; and

(2) the offense was committed before September 1,

2021, under Section 46.02(a), Penal Code, as that section existed

before that date.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.