SB 525

Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Good Cause

Sponsor: Mary Washington (District 43)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - ProceduresStatus: Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of any misdemeanor or felony conviction a certain period of time after the completion of the sentence, parole, probation, and any other form of mandatory treatment associated with the conviction; authorizing a court to grant a petition on a showing of good cause; and providing that a denial of a petition may not be appealed and a subsequent petition may not be filed for a certain period of time.

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Testimony (46)

MGA witness list

FAV 34FavorableUNF 9UnfavorableINFO 3Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Kouadio, Michele	A Mother's Cry	Written (PDF)
FAV	Parsons, Matt	Baltimore Action Legal Team (BALT)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Muckle, Lonialobbyist	CASH Campaign of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alberts, Zachary	Center for Urban Families	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Sarro, Lisa	Community Legal Services	Position only
FAV	Dews, Christopherlobbyist	Dews & Associates	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Johnson, Dr. Carmen	Helping Ourselves to Transform	Written (PDF)
FAV	McDermott, Meaghan	Maryland Legal Aid	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Link, Sean	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sweeney, Christopher	Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service	Oral
FAV	Rosen-Cohen, Nancy	NCADD-Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kennedy, Anita	National Alliance of Medication Assisted Recovery, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Scarton, Angelina	Out for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Selden, Trina	Out for Justice	Oral
FAV	Mcdonald, Steven	Out for justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Powell, Guy	Private Citizen	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Blaha, Katherine	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Eckel, Rianna	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kleinman, Jan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Powell, Holly	Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoffman, Theresa M.	Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Individual	Position only
FAV	Desta El, Tewodros	Individual	Oral
FAV	Ford, John	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Higdon, Thomas	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Merritt, Sekwan	Individual	Oral
FAV	Mitchell, Tammy	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rothstein, Melissa	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Washington, M., Senator Washington, M.legislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Todd, Tamara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Willett, Colin Andrew	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lipscomb , Lauren	Baltimore City State's Attorney Office	Oral
UNF	Cox, John	Baltimore County States Attorneys Office, Maryland States Attorneys Association	Oral
UNF	Price, Suzanne	Concerned Citizen	Position only
UNF	Campbell, Colin	Howard County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Jackson, Samiralobbyist	MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.	Written (PDF)
UNF	Wilt, Laura	Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Mupanduki, Joanna	Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc.	Written (PDF)
UNF	Brown, Kirsten	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Position only
INFO	Mickler, Matt	Maryland Department of Transportation	Written (PDF)
INFO	Vormelker, Will	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
INFO	Clark, Tiffany	Office of the Attorney General	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

A Mother's CryFAV 1

Baltimore Action Legal Team (BALT)FAV 1

Baltimore City State's Attorney OfficeUNF 1

Baltimore County States Attorneys Office, Maryland States Attorneys AssociationUNF 1

CASH Campaign of MarylandFAV 1

Center for Urban FamiliesFAV 1

Community Legal ServicesFAV 1

Concerned CitizenUNF 1

Dews & AssociatesFAV 1

Helping Ourselves to TransformFAV 1

Howard County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Maryland Crime Victims' Resource CenterUNF 1

Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc.UNF 1

Maryland Department of TransportationINFO 1

Maryland JudiciaryINFO 1

Maryland Legal AidFAV 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers ServiceFAV 1

MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.UNF 1

National Alliance of Medication Assisted Recovery, Inc.FAV 1

NCADD-MarylandFAV 1

Office of the Attorney GeneralINFO 1

Out for justiceFAV 1

Out for JusticeFAV 2

Private CitizenFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)FAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformFAV 1

YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMuckle, LoniaCASH Campaign of MarylandRegistered for: CASH Campaign of Maryland

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

UNFJackson, SamiraMD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.Registered for: Critical Response Group; Dell Technologies Inc.; Empower; Forward Financing; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Maryland Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs…