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                        IntroducedNov 17, 2022
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                        Passed HouseApr 06, 2023
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                        Passed Senate
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                        Signed into Law
 
                    
                    
                    Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records (REDEEM Act of 2023)
                
                
            
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                         Senate • Apr 07, 2023: Referred Rules
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Comments on HB 97
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                Votes
                        YES: 38
                                                
                                        - Adams
 - Fisher
 - Hutchinson
 - Morgan, M.
 - Rose
 - Anderton
 - Ghrist
 - Jacobs
 - Morgan, T.
 - Schmidt
 - Arentz
 - Grammer
 - Kipke
 - Munoz
 - Stonko
 - Arikan
 - Griffith
 - Long, R.
 - Nawrocki
 - Szeliga
 - Baker
 - Hartman
 - Mangione
 - Otto
 - Tomlinson
 - Bouchat
 - Hinebaugh
 - McComas
 - Pippy
 - Valentine
 - Buckel
 - Hornberger
 - Metzgar
 - Reilly
 - Wivell
 - Chisholm
 - Howard
 - Miller
 
NO: 94
                                            - Speaker
 - Charles
 - Henson
 - Mireku-North
 - Stein
 - Acevero
 - Clippinger
 - Hill
 - Moon
 - Stewart
 - Addison
 - Conaway
 - Holmes
 - Palakovich Carr
 - Taveras
 - Allen
 - Crosby
 - Ivey
 - Pasteur
 - Taylor
 - Amprey
 - Crutchfield
 - Jackson
 - Patterson
 - Terrasa
 - Attar
 - Cullison
 - Johnson, A.
 - Pena-Melnyk
 - Toles
 - Atterbeary
 - Davis
 - Johnson, S.
 - Phillips
 - Turner
 - Bagnall
 - Ebersole
 - Jones, D.
 - Pruski
 - Valderrama
 - Barnes, B.
 - Edelson
 - Kaiser
 - Qi
 - Vogel
 - Barnes, D.
 - Embry
 - Kaufman
 - Queen
 - Watson
 - Bartlett
 - Fair
 - Kerr
 - Rogers
 - White
 - Barve
 - Feldmark
 - Korman
 - Rosenberg
 - Wilkins
 - Bhandari
 - Fennell
 - Lehman
 - Ruth
 - Williams
 - Boafo
 - Foley
 - Lewis, J.
 - Sample-Hughes
 - Wolek
 - Boyce
 - Fraser-Hidalgo
 - Lewis, R.
 - Shetty
 - Woods
 - Bridges
 - Grossman
 - Long, J.
 - Simmons
 - Wu
 - Cardin
 - Guzzone
 - Lopez
 - Simpson
 - Young
 - Chang
 - Harris
 - Love
 - Smith
 - Ziegler
 - Charkoudian
 - Harrison
 - Martinez
 - Solomon
 
YES: 99
                                                
                                        - Speaker
 - Charles
 - Harrison
 - Mireku-North
 - Stewart
 - Acevero
 - Clippinger
 - Henson
 - Moon
 - Taveras
 - Addison
 - Conaway
 - Hill
 - Palakovich Carr
 - Taylor
 - Allen
 - Crosby
 - Holmes
 - Pasteur
 - Terrasa
 - Alston
 - Crutchfield
 - Ivey
 - Patterson
 - Toles
 - Amprey
 - Cullison
 - Jackson
 - Pena-Melnyk
 - Turner
 - Attar
 - Davis
 - Johnson, A.
 - Phillips
 - Valderrama
 - Atterbeary
 - Ebersole
 - Johnson, S.
 - Pruski
 - Vogel
 - Bagnall
 - Edelson
 - Jones, D.
 - Qi
 - Watson
 - Barnes, B.
 - Embry
 - Kaufman
 - Queen
 - Wells
 - Barnes, D.
 - Fair
 - Kerr
 - Rogers
 - White
 - Bartlett
 - Feldmark
 - Korman
 - Rosenberg
 - Wilkins
 - Barve
 - Fennell
 - Lehman
 - Ruth
 - Williams
 - Bhandari
 - Foley
 - Lewis, J.
 - Sample-Hughes
 - Wilson
 - Boafo
 - Forbes
 - Lewis, R.
 - Shetty
 - Wolek
 - Boyce
 - Fraser-Hidalgo
 - Long, J.
 - Simmons
 - Woods
 - Bridges
 - Grossman
 - Lopez
 - Simpson
 - Wu
 - Cardin
 - Guyton
 - Love
 - Smith
 - Young
 - Chang
 - Guzzone
 - Martinez
 - Solomon
 - Ziegler
 - Charkoudian
 - Harris
 - McCaskill
 - Stein
 
NO: 38
                                            Actions
            - Apr 07, 2023 | Senate
- Referred Rules
 
 - Apr 06, 2023 | House
- Floor Amendment {233223/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (38-94)
 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - Third Reading Passed (99-38)
 
 - Apr 05, 2023 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
 - Favorable with Amendments {223525/1 Adopted
 - Motion Special Order until 4/6 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
 
 - Jan 30, 2023 | House
- Hearing canceled
 - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
 
 - Jan 17, 2023 | House
- Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
 
 - Jan 11, 2023 | House
- First Reading Judiciary
 
 - Nov 17, 2022 | House
- Pre-filed
 
 
Bill Texts 
        
            - Text - First - Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Waiting PeriodsPDF
 - Text - Racial Equity Impact NotePDF
 - Amendments {223525/1 Adopted (House)PDF
 - Floor Amendment {233223/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (38-94) (House)PDF
 - Text - Third - Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records (REDEEM Act of 2023)PDF
 
Documents
        
            - Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
 - Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
 - Video: JudiciaryHTML
 - Witness ListHTML
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Downs, Kirsten (Homeless Persons Representation Project)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Ciekot, Ann (Public Policy Partners)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- McDonald, Ericka (League of Women Voters)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Yoder, Daryl
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Yoder, Daryl
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Koravos, JoAnne (Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Koravos, JoAnne (Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Emerson, Jessica (The Human Trafficking Prevention Project)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Emerson, Jessica (The Human Trafficking Prevention Project)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Dews, Christopher (Cornerstone Government Affairs)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Dews, Christopher (Cornerstone Government Affairs)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Sweeney, Christopher (Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Sweeney, Christopher (Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Pham Linhoff, Christina (SURJ)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Powell, Holly (Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ))
 - JUD Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Baynor, Gary (HTP Homes - Witness)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hanson, Nicole (Out for Justice)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Quarles, Antoin (Helping Oppressed People Excel (H.O.P.E.))
 - JUD Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Grimes, Seth (Takoma Park Mobilization)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Rosenburg, Glen (Private Citizen)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Rosenburg, Glen (Private Citizen)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Sterling, Eric
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Sterling, Eric
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Wiggins, Deandre (BetterU Construction)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Wiggins, Deandre (BetterU Construction)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Dews, Christopher (JOTF)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Henry, Donte (HTP Homes - Witness)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Keipper, Lindsay (Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Keipper, Lindsay (Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Richardson, Norman (Citizen)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Palmisano, Erica (SURJ Baltimore)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Palmisano, Erica (SURJ Baltimore)
 - JUD Testimony, UNF -- Mehu, Natasha
 - JUD Testimony, UNF -- Mehu, Natasha
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Simon-Higgs, Liz (Showing Up for Racial Justice)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Simon-Higgs, Liz (Showing Up for Racial Justice)
 - JUD Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Cox, John (Baltimore County States Attorneys Office, Maryland States Attorneys Association)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Rosenthal, Anne
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ahearn, Charlotte (Maryland Legal Aid)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ahearn, Charlotte (Maryland Legal Aid)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Ford, John
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Agresti, Sara (Marian House)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Thompson, Aaron (HTP Homes, Inc)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Bartlett, Sandy (Maryland House of Delegates)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Bartlett, Sandy (Maryland House of Delegates)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Davis, Mary Denise (OPD)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Warnken, Heather (University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Caroom, Philip (Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Rosen-Cohen, Nancy (NCADD-Maryland)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Diamond, Joanna (Health Care for the Homeless)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Grimes, Seth (Takoma Park Mobilization)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Johnson, Sarah
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Davis, Mary Denise (OPD)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Wilkins, Katherine (SURJ)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Cox, John (Baltimore County States Attorneys Office, Maryland States Attorneys Association)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Banks, Pastor (Cornerstone Full Gospel Church)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Baynor, Gary (HTP Homes - Witness)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Todd, Tamara
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- allen, monica
 - JUD Testimony, INFO -- Niemann, Doyle (Office of the State's Attorney for Prince George's County)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Thomas, Octavion
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- McKinney, Robin (CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Rojas, Psalms (Marian House)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Phelps, Jr., Kenneth (Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Johnson, Randolph
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Byron, Emanuel
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Pruitt, Lauren (FreeState Justice)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Quarles, Antoin (Helping Oppressed People Excel (H.O.P.E.))
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Giannetti , John (MCDAA - Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Johnson, Qiana (Life After Release)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Dews, Christopher (JOTF)
 - JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Richardson, Norman (Citizen)
 - JUD Testimony, FAV -- Martinez, Madelin (MGA Latino Caucus)
 



