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IntroducedFeb 02, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 20, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Criminal Procedure - Automated Shielding (Clean Slate Act of 2026)
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 26, 2026: Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 483
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Waldstreichercosponsor
- Lovecosponsor
- Musecosponsor
Votes
Actions
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments {813126/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (33-7)
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 02, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kleinman, Jan (SURJ Baltimore)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Vormelker, Will (Maryland Judiciary)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- McKay, Mike
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Gibson, Nan (JP Morgan Chase)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Chavez, Laura (The Clean Slate Initiative)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Alberts, Zachary (Center for Urban Families)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Brown, Kirsten (Maryland State's Attorneys' Association)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kennedy, Anita (National Alliance of Medication Assisted Recovery, Inc.)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- McDermott, Meaghan (Maryland Legal Aid)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Amaning, Akua (Center for American Progress)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Girard, Meredith (Shore Legal Access (formerly Mid-Shore Pro Bono))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hession, Melody (Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Clark, Tiffany (Office of the Attorney General)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Westervelt, Patricia (Maryland Department of Transportation)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Diamond, Joanna (Health Care for the Homeless)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Juberg, Arielle
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Wiggins, Grason (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Banister, Nicole
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Theresa M. (Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Todd, Tamara
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Rothstein, Melissa
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Eckel, Rianna (SURJ Baltimore)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Rosen-Cohen, Nancy (NCADD-Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Muckle, Lonia (CASH Campaign of Maryland)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Warnken, Heather (University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Phelps Jr, Ken (The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Higdon, Thomas
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Wilt, Laura (Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Jackson, Samira (MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ford, John
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Yoder, Daryl
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Sarro, Lisa (Community Legal Services)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Link, Sean (Maryland Office of the Public Defender)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Powell, Holly (Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Blaha, Katherine (SURJ)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Dews, Christopher (Dews & Associates)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Jones, Luke (Maryland NORML)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
