TX SB1515

Entitles individuals to expunction of arrest and conviction records for misdemeanor offenses if the conduct has been statutorily decriminalized after the offense was committed, provided the person has completed their sentence, community supervision, or received dismissal under deferred adjudication

Allows petitioners to file ex parte expunction petitions in the court that convicted them or placed them on deferred adjudication community supervision for decriminalized offenses

Permits law enforcement agencies, prosecuting attorneys, and court clerks to retain expunged records for limited purposes: investigating or prosecuting other offenses from the same transaction, or assisting the governor's office with pardon or sentence commutation decisions

Courts may require petitioners to demonstrate the offense qualifies as statutorily decriminalized under current law, including through a signed affidavit

Waives all expunction filing fees for petitioners seeking to expunge decriminalized misdemeanor offenses, with the law applying retroactively to offenses committed before, on, or after the September 1, 2025 effective date