Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Failure to Obey a Court Order to Report to Confinement
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Summary
The bill lets people convicted of not obeying a court order to report to a place of confinement file a petition to have that conviction removed from their record. However, it bars any such petition until 15 years have passed since the sentence was completed. This change adds a specific waiting‑period rule to Maryland’s existing expungement statutes.
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- Judiciary — Bill HearingJudiciary · Mar 3, 2026
History
- Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- First Reading Judiciary
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- Grammer · sponsor
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