HB 238

Did not advance

Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records

Sponsor: Melissa Wells (District 40)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - ProcedureStatus: Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring, beginning October 1, 2021, the expungement of certain records 3 years after a disposition of the charge under certain circumstances; requiring a court to send a notice of the disposition of certain charges in a case and the date on which expungement is required to the person entitled to the expungement and certain entities; requiring a court to notify a defendant of the defendant's right to expungement under certain circumstances; requiring the court to notify the defendant by mail; etc.

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Testimony (44)

MGA witness list

FAV 38FavorableUNF 5UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Stevenson, Christopher	1199SEIU	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ansah, Samuela	American Civil Liberties Union	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gudlavalleti, Rajani	Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition	Position only
FAV	Moore, Tonaeyalobbyist	CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fry, Donald	Greater Baltimore Committee	Written (PDF)
FAV	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
FAV	York, Caryn	JOTF - CEO	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hamilton, Tia	JOTF - Witness	Oral
FAV	Lloyd, Rianna	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Johnson, Qiana	Life After Release	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Legal Aid, Maryland	Maryland Legal Aid	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wright, Jason	Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Position only
FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	NAACP Maryland	Oral
FAV	Davis, Mary Denise	OPD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Holt, Chrissy	Our Revolution Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hanson - Mundell, Nicole	Out for Justice	Oral
FAV	Elliott, Richard DeShay	Prince George's County Young Democrats	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gardner, Debra	Public Justice Center	Oral
FAV	Ciekot, Annlobbyist	Public Policy Partners	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Murray, Kerriann	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hauck, Barbara	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Holt, Arthur	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Erica	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smeton, Jonathan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Powell, Holly	Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chan, Sam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Wells, Delegate Wellslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Johnson, Carolyn	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Novak, Natalie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pereschuk, Alicia	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rehr, Nathan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rochkind, Jonathan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosenthal, Anne	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shock, Jack	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkins, Katherine	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	riley, joseph	Maryland State's Attorneys Association	Oral
UNF	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral
INFO	Schlussel, David	Collateral Consequences Resource Center	Oral

Organizations on record

1199SEIUFAV 1

American Civil Liberties UnionFAV 1

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Baltimore Harm Reduction CoalitionFAV 1

CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLANDFAV 1

Collateral Consequences Resource CenterINFO 1

Greater Baltimore CommitteeFAV 1

Health Care for the HomelessFAV 1

Jews United for JusticeFAV 1

JOTF - CEOFAV 1

JOTF - WitnessFAV 1

Life After ReleaseFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationUNF 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Legal AidFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland State's Attorneys AssociationUNF 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers ServiceFAV 1

N/AFAV 1

NAACP MarylandFAV 1

OPDFAV 1

Our Revolution MarylandFAV 1

Out for JusticeFAV 1

Prince George's County Young DemocratsFAV 1

Public Justice CenterFAV 1

Public Policy PartnersFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)FAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 4

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMoore, TonaeyaCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLANDRegistered for: CASH Campaign of Maryland

FAVCiekot, AnnPublic Policy PartnersRegistered for: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network; B'More Clubhouse; Baltimore City Substance Abuse Directorate; Bard College; CareForth; Children's Advocacy Institute…

UNFMansfield, AndreaMaryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.…