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IntroducedOct 22, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Passed House
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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 • Mar 19, 2026: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 162
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
Actions
- 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
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Lao, Serena
- 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

