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IntroducedOct 22, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 07, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Criminal Procedure - Motion to Reduce Duration of Sentence - Repeal of Sentencing Date Limitation
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 08, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 162
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 45
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Simonaire
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Ready
- Watson
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Rosapepe
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Salling
- Zucker
NO: 0
YES: 99
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taveras
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Embry
- Korman
- Rogers
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Ross
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Watson
- Behler
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Williams
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wims
- Chang
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Odom
- Simpson
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Woorman
- Coley
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Wu
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Young
- Crosby
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Stewart
NO: 36
Actions
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 07, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (99-36)
- Apr 06, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- Oct 22, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Lao, Serena (Voices for Children)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- McDonald, Shabree (Second Look Coalition / S.O.C.K (Saving our communities Kids))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- HAZELTON, MARTINA (FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Moyd, Esquire, Olinda (Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform)
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Stanton Jr, Carl
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Bennett, Rachel (MOPD Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hession, Melody (Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Stein, Kate (Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club (WDC))
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Saccenti, Brian (Office of the Public Defender)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Clark, Tiffany (Office of the Attorney General)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Elsezy-Young, Tavon (Emergence Inc.)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Nable-Juris, Nikola (Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- West, Christopher (Senator Chris West)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Melvin, Robert (R Street Institute)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Carpenter, Crystal (CFSY)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kouadio, Michele (A Mother's Cry)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Cichowski, Carol
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Citroni, Sara
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Pittman, Robert (Bullying Intervention Team)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Tsiongas, Magdalena
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Phelps Jr, Ken (The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland)
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Young, Earl
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Warnken, Heather (University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Spaccasi, Olivia (ACLU-MD)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Quinn, Kelly (The Choice Program at UMBC)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Sexton, John
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- O'Day, Garrett (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Orbe, Jr., Carlos (Maryland Latinos Unidos)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Mupanduki, Joanna (Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc.)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Muhammad, Anthony Wazir (ACLU of Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hamilton, William
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Cano, Christopher (SEIU Local 500)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Wilt, Laura (Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Roper, Roberta (MCVRC)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All

