SB 710

Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Modifications

Sponsor: Senator PattersonCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - ProceduresStatus: Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing the expungement of certain arrest warrants under certain circumstances; altering the waiting periods for applying for expungement of certain records; altering the convictions for which an individual may seek expungement; and prohibiting certain records from being expunged by obliteration for a certain period of time and limiting access to the records during that time.

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Testimony (37)

MGA witness list

FAV 28FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
FAV	Quarles, Antoin	Helping Oppressed People Excel (H.O.P.E.)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dews, Christopherlobbyist	JOTF	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kerny, Dwight	JOTF Witness	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosenberg, Glenn	JOTF Witness	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jasso, Caleb	Job Opportunities Task Force	Position only
FAV	Johnson, Qiana	Life After Release	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bogdan, Henrylobbyist	Maryland Nonprofits	Position only
FAV	Sweeney, Christopher	Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosen-Cohen, Nancy	NCADD-Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Freeman, Iman	People's Commission to Decriminalize MD	Position only
FAV	Kleinman, Jan	SURJ	Position only
FAV	Palmisano, Erica	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smeton, Jonathan	SURJ Baltimore	Position only
FAV	Powell, Holly	Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Emerson, Jessica	The Human Trafficking Prevention Project	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Darby, Tim	Individual	Position only
FAV	Hanson-Mundell, Nicole	Individual	Oral
FAV	Johnson, Sarah	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Juberg, Arielle	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	McWilliams, Elaina	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Sadil, Patrick	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Patterson, Senator Pattersonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Todd, Tamara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkins, Katherine	Individual	Position only
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Cox, John	Baltimore County States Attorneys Office, Maryland States Attorneys Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	McCall, Mance	Black Officers Association	Position only
UNF	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	Maryland Chiefs & Sheriffs Associations	Written (PDF)
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
FWA	Jones, Brenda	Families Advocating Intelligent Registries (FAIR)	Written (PDF)
FWA	Stone, Michael	Homeless Persons Representation Project	Position only
FWA	Ahearn, Charlotte	Maryland Legal Aid	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Davis, Mary Denise	OPD	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Katana, Shaolilobbyist	Maryland State Bar Association	Position only

Organizations on record

Baltimore County States Attorneys Office, Maryland States Attorneys AssociationUNF 1

Black Officers AssociationUNF 1

Families Advocating Intelligent Registries (FAIR)FWA 1

Health Care for the HomelessFAV 1

Helping Oppressed People Excel (H.O.P.E.)FAV 1

Homeless Persons Representation ProjectFWA 1

Job Opportunities Task ForceFAV 1

JOTFFAV 1

JOTF WitnessFAV 2

Life After ReleaseFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs & Sheriffs AssociationsUNF 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Legal AidFWA 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland NonprofitsFAV 1

Maryland State Bar AssociationINFO 1

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers ServiceFAV 1

NCADD-MarylandFAV 1

OPDFWA 1

People's Commission to Decriminalize MDFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)FAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

The Human Trafficking Prevention ProjectFAV 1

University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformFAV 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…

FAVBogdan, HenryMaryland NonprofitsRegistered for: Maryland Nonprofits

UNFMansfield, AndreaMaryland Chiefs & Sheriffs AssociationsRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.…

INFOKatana, ShaoliMaryland State Bar AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.