SB 138

Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Expansion

Sponsor: Senator PattersonCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - ProceduresStatus: Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Expanding the scope of a certain provision of law requiring the expungement of certain police and court records relating to the charging of a certain crime or civil offense if no charge in the case resulted in a certain disposition and altering the charges to which it applies.

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Testimony (31)

MGA witness list

FAV 29FavorableUNF 2Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Ackerman, Caroline	Amara Legal Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Parsons, Matt	Baltimore Action Legal Team (BALT)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dews, Christopherlobbyist	JOTF	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Johnson, Qiana	Life After Release	Written (PDF)
FAV	Legal Aid, Maryland	Maryland Legal Aid	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sweeney, Christopher	Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jefferson , Staceylobbyist	Marylanders Against Poverty	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tomasello, Beth	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosen-Cohen, Nancy	NCADD-Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Davis, Mary Denise	OPD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, Carrie	Office of the Attorney General	Written (PDF)
FAV	Freeman, Iman	People's Commission to Decriminalize MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Badeker, Melissa	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Erica	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smeton, Jonathan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Keipper, Lindsay	Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Syrrakos, Holly	Takoma Park Mobilization	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chan, Sam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dwyer, Maura	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Haven, Kimberly	Individual	Oral
FAV	Hoffman, C.P.	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Johnson, Carolyn	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rehr, Nathan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Seel, Brian	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Patterson, Senator Pattersonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Shillenn, Rebecca	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Cox, John	Baltimore County States Attorneys Office, Maryland States Attorneys Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Amara Legal CenterFAV 1

Baltimore Action Legal Team (BALT)FAV 1

Baltimore County States Attorneys Office, Maryland States Attorneys AssociationUNF 1

Health Care for the HomelessFAV 1

JOTFFAV 1

Life After ReleaseFAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Legal AidFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers ServiceFAV 1

Marylanders Against PovertyFAV 1

Montgomery County Women's Democratic ClubFAV 1

NCADD-MarylandFAV 1

Office of the Attorney GeneralFAV 1

OPDFAV 1

People's Commission to Decriminalize MDFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice- BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 3

Takoma Park MobilizationFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDews, ChristopherJOTFRegistered for: Advance Maryland Education Fund; Beyond Impact; Center for Urban Families; Dews & Associates; Out for Justice, Inc.; REFORM Alliance…

FAVJefferson , StaceyMarylanders Against PovertyRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore