TX HB2229

Grants statutory county courts authority to expunge arrest records and files, adding them to the list of courts (alongside district courts, justice courts, and municipal courts of record) that can order expunctions

Limits statutory county court expunction authority to offenses within their jurisdiction, preventing these courts from handling expunctions for offenses outside their jurisdictional scope

Creates a new filing option allowing petitioners to file ex parte expunction petitions directly in statutory county courts for qualifying offenses, rather than requiring filing in district court

Establishes concurrent jurisdiction between statutory county courts and district courts over expunction proceedings for offenses subject to statutory county court jurisdiction

Requires a $100 filing fee for expunction petitions filed in statutory county courts, matching the fee structure for justice courts and municipal courts of record

Applies to expunction requests for criminal offenses occurring before, on, or after the September 1, 2025 effective date