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HB0362 • 2026

Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Effect

Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Effect

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Delegate Grammer
Last action
2026-01-29
Official status
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date
2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Effect

Establishing that a person who has been granted an expungement shall be determined for all purposes not to have been arrested for, cited for, charged with, or convicted of the underlying offense.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishing that a person who has been granted an expungement shall be determined for all purposes not to have been arrested for, cited for, charged with, or convicted of the underlying offense.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-29 House

    Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.

  2. 2026-01-19 House

    First Reading Judiciary

  3. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Effect

  4. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - Racial Equity Impact Note

Official Summary Text

Establishing that a person who has been granted an expungement shall be determined for all purposes not to have been arrested for, cited for, charged with, or convicted of the underlying offense.

Current Bill Text

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*hb0362*

HOUSE BILL 362
E2 6lr1162
HB 777/25 – JUD
By: Delegate Grammer
Introduced and read first time: January 19, 2026
Assigned to: Judiciary

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Criminal Procedure – Expungement – Effect 2

FOR the purpose of establishing that a person who is granted an expungement shall be 3
determined for all purposes not to have been arrested for, cited for, charged with, or 4
convicted of the underlying offense; and generally relating to expungement. 5

BY adding to 6
Article – Criminal Procedure 7
Section 10–101.1 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2025 Replacement Volume) 10

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12

Article – Criminal Procedure 13

10–101.1. 14

A PERSON WHO IS GRANTED AN EXPUNGEMENT UNDER THIS SUBTITLE SHALL 15
BE DETERMINED FOR AL L PURPOSES NOT TO HA VE BEEN ARRESTED FOR , CITED 16
FOR, CHARGED WITH, OR CONVICTED OF THE UNDERLYING OFFENSE. 17

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18
October 1, 2026. 19