diff --git a/x/committee/abci.go b/x/committee/abci.go
index 3dc45499..8e1c220e 100644
--- a/x/committee/abci.go
+++ b/x/committee/abci.go
@@ -1,32 +1,12 @@
 package committee
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-
-	"github.com/kava-labs/kava/x/committee/types"
 )
 
 // BeginBlocker runs at the start of every block.
 func BeginBlocker(ctx sdk.Context, _ abci.RequestBeginBlock, k Keeper) {
 
-	// Close all expired proposals
-	k.IterateProposals(ctx, func(proposal types.Proposal) bool {
-		if proposal.HasExpiredBy(ctx.BlockTime()) {
-
-			k.DeleteProposalAndVotes(ctx, proposal.ID)
-
-			ctx.EventManager().EmitEvent(
-				sdk.NewEvent(
-					types.EventTypeProposalClose,
-					sdk.NewAttribute(types.AttributeKeyCommitteeID, fmt.Sprintf("%d", proposal.CommitteeID)),
-					sdk.NewAttribute(types.AttributeKeyProposalID, fmt.Sprintf("%d", proposal.ID)),
-					sdk.NewAttribute(types.AttributeKeyProposalCloseStatus, types.AttributeValueProposalTimeout),
-				),
-			)
-		}
-		return false
-	})
+	k.CloseExpiredProposals(ctx)
 }
diff --git a/x/committee/keeper/integration_test.go b/x/committee/keeper/integration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47185ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/committee/keeper/integration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package keeper_test
+
+import (
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/kava-labs/kava/x/committee/types"
+)
+
+// proposalVoteMap collects up votes into a map indexed by proposalID
+func getProposalVoteMap(k keeper.Keeper, ctx sdk.Context) map[uint64]([]types.Vote) {
+
+	proposalVoteMap = map[uint64]([]types.Vote){}
+
+	keeper.IterateProposals(suite.ctx, func(p types.Proposal) bool {
+		keeper.IterateVotes(suite.ctx, p.ID, func(v types.Vote) bool {
+			proposalVoteMap[p.ID] = append(proposalVoteMap[p.ID], v)
+			return false
+		})
+		return false
+	})
+	return proposalVoteMap
+}
diff --git a/x/committee/keeper/proposal.go b/x/committee/keeper/proposal.go
index 424bcc56..f93fa78f 100644
--- a/x/committee/keeper/proposal.go
+++ b/x/committee/keeper/proposal.go
@@ -125,6 +125,27 @@ func (k Keeper) EnactProposal(ctx sdk.Context, proposalID uint64) sdk.Error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// CloseExpiredProposals removes proposals (and associated votes) that have past their deadline.
+func (k Keeper) CloseExpiredProposals(ctx sdk.Context) {
+
+	k.IterateProposals(ctx, func(proposal types.Proposal) bool {
+		if proposal.HasExpiredBy(ctx.BlockTime()) {
+
+			k.DeleteProposalAndVotes(ctx, proposal.ID)
+
+			ctx.EventManager().EmitEvent(
+				sdk.NewEvent(
+					types.EventTypeProposalClose,
+					sdk.NewAttribute(types.AttributeKeyCommitteeID, fmt.Sprintf("%d", proposal.CommitteeID)),
+					sdk.NewAttribute(types.AttributeKeyProposalID, fmt.Sprintf("%d", proposal.ID)),
+					sdk.NewAttribute(types.AttributeKeyProposalCloseStatus, types.AttributeValueProposalTimeout),
+				),
+			)
+		}
+		return false
+	})
+}
+
 // ValidatePubProposal checks if a pubproposal is valid.
 func (k Keeper) ValidatePubProposal(ctx sdk.Context, pubProposal types.PubProposal) sdk.Error {
 	if pubProposal == nil {
diff --git a/x/committee/keeper/proposal_test.go b/x/committee/keeper/proposal_test.go
index 2ff91cdc..91754d5e 100644
--- a/x/committee/keeper/proposal_test.go
+++ b/x/committee/keeper/proposal_test.go
@@ -322,3 +322,87 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestValidatePubProposal() {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestCloseExpiredProposals() {
+
+	// Setup test state
+	firstBlockTime := time.Date(1998, time.January, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	testGenesis = types.NewGenesisState(
+		3,
+		[]types.Committee{
+			{
+				ID:                  1,
+				Description:         "This committee is for testing.",
+				Members:             suite.addresses[:3],
+				Permissions:         []types.Permission{types.GodPermission{}},
+				VoteThreshold:       d("0.667"),
+				MaxProposalDuration: time.Hour * 24 * 7,
+			},
+			{
+				ID:                  2,
+				Members:             suite.addresses[2:],
+				Permissions:         nil,
+				VoteThreshold:       d("0.667"),
+				MaxProposalDuration: time.Hour * 24 * 7,
+			},
+		},
+		[]types.Proposal{
+			{
+				ID:          1,
+				CommitteeID: 1,
+				PubProposal: gov.NewTextProposal("A Title", "A description of this proposal."),
+				Deadline:    firstBlockTime.Add(7 * 24 * time.Hour),
+			},
+			{
+				ID:          2,
+				CommitteeID: 1,
+				PubProposal: gov.NewTextProposal("Another Title", "A description of this other proposal."),
+				Deadline:    firstBlockTime.Add(21 * 24 * time.Hour),
+			},
+		},
+		[]types.Vote{
+			{ProposalID: 1, Voter: suite.addresses[0]},
+			{ProposalID: 1, Voter: suite.addresses[1]},
+			{ProposalID: 2, Voter: suite.addresses[2]},
+		},
+	)
+	suite.app.InitializeFromGenesisStates(
+		NewCommitteeGenesisState(suite.cdc, testGenesis),
+	)
+
+	// close proposals
+	ctx := tApp.NewContext(true, abci.Header{Height: 1, Time: firstBlockTime})
+	suite.keeper.CloseExpiredProposals(ctx)
+
+	// check
+	for _, p := range testGenesis.Proposals {
+		_, found := k.GetProposal(ctx, p.ID)
+		votes := getProposalVoteMap(suite.keeper, ctx)
+
+		if ctx.BlockTime().After(p.Deadline) {
+			suite.False(found)
+			suite.Empty(votes[p.ID])
+		} else {
+			suite.True(found)
+			suite.NotEmpty(votes[p.ID])
+		}
+	}
+
+	// close (later time)
+	ctx := tApp.NewContext(true, abci.Header{Height: 1, Time: firstBlockTime.Add(7 * 24 * time.Hour)})
+	suite.keeper.CloseExpiredProposals(ctx)
+
+	// check
+	for _, p := range testGenesis.Proposals {
+		_, found := k.GetProposal(ctx, p.ID)
+		votes := getProposalVoteMap(suite.keeper, ctx)
+
+		if ctx.BlockTime().After(p.Deadline) {
+			suite.False(found)
+			suite.Empty(votes[p.ID])
+		} else {
+			suite.True(found)
+			suite.NotEmpty(votes[p.ID])
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/x/committee/keeper/querier_test.go b/x/committee/keeper/querier_test.go
index 92cfcb2f..383fb4d1 100644
--- a/x/committee/keeper/querier_test.go
+++ b/x/committee/keeper/querier_test.go
@@ -84,15 +84,7 @@ func (suite *QuerierTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 		NewCommitteeGenesisState(suite.cdc, suite.testGenesis),
 	)
 
-	// Collect up votes into a map indexed by proposalID for convenience
-	suite.votes = map[uint64]([]types.Vote){}
-	suite.keeper.IterateProposals(suite.ctx, func(p types.Proposal) bool {
-		suite.keeper.IterateVotes(suite.ctx, p.ID, func(v types.Vote) bool {
-			suite.votes[p.ID] = append(suite.votes[p.ID], v)
-			return false
-		})
-		return false
-	})
+	suite.votes = getProposalVoteMap(suite.keeper, suite.ctx)
 }
 
 func (suite *QuerierTestSuite) TestQueryCommittees() {