The main purpose of the Bill is to provide for the rehabilitation of offenders and to give effect to the principle that if a person has not been reconvicted of a serious offence for a certain period of time, he is entitled to have his conviction erased from the record.
Bills
1st Session of the 13th Republican Parliament
The Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Bill, 2026
An Act to make provision for certain criminal convictions of offenders to become spent, to be expunged from the record and for other related matters.
Bill Essentials:
Bill No:
House of Representatives Bill 10 of 2026
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
10-Apr-2026
Published In Gazette On
Status
Senate - 3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill
Progress
10 Apr 2026
13 May 2026
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 
9 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. John Jeremie, SC [Attorney General]
2.Mr. Kareem Marcelle, MP [Laventille West] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Saddam Hosein, MP [Barataria/San Juan] [Minister of Land and Legal Affairs and Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries]
4. Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, MP [St. Ann’s East] [Opposition Member]
5.Hon. Wayne Sturge, MP [Toco/Sangre Grande] [Minister of Defence and Minister in the Ministry of Homeland Security]
6.Mr. Hans Des Vignes, MP [Diego Martin West] [Opposition Member]
7. Dr. Narindra Roopnarine, MP [Naparima] [Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Culture and Community Development]
8.Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Opposition Member]
9.Sen. the Hon. John Jeremie, SC [Attorney General]
13 May 2026
Committee Stage Hansard
Approved without amendments
13 May 2026
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. John Jeremie, SC [Attorney General]
15 May 2026
Senate
1st Reading of the Bill
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. John Jeremie, SC [Attorney General]
15 May 2026
2nd Reading of the Bill
5 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. John Jeremie, SC [Attorney General]
2.Sen. Faris Al-Rawi, SC [Opposition Senator]
3.Sen. Candice Jones-Simmons [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. Courtney Mc Nish [Independent Senator]
5.Sen. the Hon. John Jeremie, SC [Attorney General]
15 May 2026
Committee Stage
Approved with amendments
15 May 2026
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. John Jeremie, SC [Attorney General]