diff --git a/src/hooks/useSearchSections.ts b/src/hooks/useSearchSections.ts
index b889b0519086..8ff6ac3f08b6 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useSearchSections.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useSearchSections.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ function useSearchSections(): UseSearchSectionsResult {
             formatPhoneNumber,
             bankAccountList,
             groupBy,
+            queryJSON: lastSearchQuery?.queryJSON,
             currentSearch: searchKey,
             reportNameValuePairs,
             isActionLoadingSet,
diff --git a/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts b/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts
index fb57d415d458..3bc12da9eee1 100644
--- a/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts
@@ -2996,7 +2996,7 @@ function getReportSections({
                 reportActions[`${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT_ACTIONS}${reportItem.reportID}`] ?? Object.values(data[`${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT_ACTIONS}${reportItem.reportID}`] ?? {});
 
             const isActionLoading = !!isActionLoadingSet?.has(`${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.RAM_ONLY_REPORT_LOADING_STATE}${reportItem.reportID}`);
-            const shouldShow = !isActionLoading && currentQueryJSON?.type === CONST.SEARCH.DATA_TYPES.EXPENSE ? isEligibleForStatus(currentQueryJSON, reportItem) : true;
+            const shouldShow = isActionLoading || isEligibleForStatus(currentQueryJSON, reportItem);
 
             if (shouldShow) {
                 const reportPendingAction =
diff --git a/tests/unit/Search/SearchUIUtilsTest.ts b/tests/unit/Search/SearchUIUtilsTest.ts
index e6ec008cdb34..0fbcad0a345e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Search/SearchUIUtilsTest.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/Search/SearchUIUtilsTest.ts
@@ -5982,6 +5982,21 @@ describe('SearchUIUtils', () => {
             };
         }
 
+        // `getSections` only routes to `getReportSections` for `expense-report`, so an `expense` query never
+        // exercises that path in production.
+        function makeExpenseReportQueryJSON(status: string[] | undefined, isNegated = false) {
+            return {
+                ...makeExpenseQueryJSON(status, isNegated),
+                type: CONST.SEARCH.DATA_TYPES.EXPENSE_REPORT,
+                inputQuery: 'type:expense-report' as const,
+                filters: {
+                    operator: CONST.SEARCH.SYNTAX_OPERATORS.AND,
+                    left: CONST.SEARCH.SYNTAX_FILTER_KEYS.TYPE,
+                    right: CONST.SEARCH.DATA_TYPES.EXPENSE_REPORT,
+                },
+            };
+        }
+
         describe('getTransactionsSections filtering and edge cases', () => {
             const filterTestReportID = 'filter-report-1';
             const filterTestTxID = 'filter-tx-1';
@@ -6427,6 +6442,46 @@ describe('SearchUIUtils', () => {
                 expect(sections.some((s) => s.keyForList === rptFilterReportID)).toBe(true);
             });
 
+            it('should exclude a submitted report from the drafts filter on an expense-report query', () => {
+                const data = makeReportFilterTestData({stateNum: CONST.REPORT.STATE_NUM.SUBMITTED, statusNum: CONST.REPORT.STATUS_NUM.SUBMITTED, type: CONST.REPORT.TYPE.EXPENSE});
+                const [sections] = callGetReportSections(data, {queryJSON: makeExpenseReportQueryJSON([CONST.SEARCH.STATUS.EXPENSE.DRAFTS])});
+                expect(sections.some((s) => s.keyForList === rptFilterReportID)).toBe(false);
+            });
+
+            it('should keep a draft report under the drafts filter on an expense-report query', () => {
+                const data = makeReportFilterTestData({stateNum: CONST.REPORT.STATE_NUM.OPEN, statusNum: CONST.REPORT.STATUS_NUM.OPEN, type: CONST.REPORT.TYPE.EXPENSE});
+                const [sections] = callGetReportSections(data, {queryJSON: makeExpenseReportQueryJSON([CONST.SEARCH.STATUS.EXPENSE.DRAFTS])});
+                expect(sections.some((s) => s.keyForList === rptFilterReportID)).toBe(true);
+            });
+
+            it('should exclude a paid report from the approved filter on an expense-report query', () => {
+                const data = makeReportFilterTestData({stateNum: CONST.REPORT.STATE_NUM.APPROVED, statusNum: CONST.REPORT.STATUS_NUM.REIMBURSED, type: CONST.REPORT.TYPE.EXPENSE});
+                const [sections] = callGetReportSections(data, {queryJSON: makeExpenseReportQueryJSON([CONST.SEARCH.STATUS.EXPENSE.APPROVED])});
+                expect(sections.some((s) => s.keyForList === rptFilterReportID)).toBe(false);
+            });
+
+            it('should show every report when an expense-report query has no status filter', () => {
+                const data = makeReportFilterTestData({stateNum: CONST.REPORT.STATE_NUM.SUBMITTED, statusNum: CONST.REPORT.STATUS_NUM.SUBMITTED, type: CONST.REPORT.TYPE.EXPENSE});
+                const [sections] = callGetReportSections(data, {queryJSON: makeExpenseReportQueryJSON(undefined)});
+                expect(sections.some((s) => s.keyForList === rptFilterReportID)).toBe(true);
+            });
+
+            it('should honor a negated status filter on an expense-report query', () => {
+                const data = makeReportFilterTestData({stateNum: CONST.REPORT.STATE_NUM.SUBMITTED, statusNum: CONST.REPORT.STATUS_NUM.SUBMITTED, type: CONST.REPORT.TYPE.EXPENSE});
+                const [sections] = callGetReportSections(data, {queryJSON: makeExpenseReportQueryJSON([CONST.SEARCH.STATUS.EXPENSE.OUTSTANDING], true)});
+                expect(sections.some((s) => s.keyForList === rptFilterReportID)).toBe(false);
+            });
+
+            it('should keep a report visible while its action is loading on an expense-report query', () => {
+                const data = makeReportFilterTestData({stateNum: CONST.REPORT.STATE_NUM.SUBMITTED, statusNum: CONST.REPORT.STATUS_NUM.SUBMITTED, type: CONST.REPORT.TYPE.EXPENSE});
+                const loadingSet = new Set([`${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.RAM_ONLY_REPORT_LOADING_STATE}${rptFilterReportID}`]);
+                const [sections] = callGetReportSections(data, {
+                    queryJSON: makeExpenseReportQueryJSON([CONST.SEARCH.STATUS.EXPENSE.DRAFTS]),
+                    isActionLoadingSet: loadingSet,
+                });
+                expect(sections.some((s) => s.keyForList === rptFilterReportID)).toBe(true);
+            });
+
             it('should drop transactions when their parent report is filtered out', () => {
                 const data = makeReportFilterTestData({stateNum: CONST.REPORT.STATE_NUM.OPEN, statusNum: CONST.REPORT.STATUS_NUM.OPEN, type: CONST.REPORT.TYPE.EXPENSE});
                 const [sections] = callGetReportSections(data, {queryJSON: makeExpenseQueryJSON([CONST.SEARCH.STATUS.EXPENSE.OUTSTANDING])});