Vetoed by Governor Larry Hogan, Jr.

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes the expungement or partial expungement of some misdemeanor criminal convictions relating to burglary.

Highlights:

• Authorizes a person to file a petition listing relevant facts for expungement of a police record, court record, or other record maintained by the State or a political subdivision of the State if the person is convicted of a misdemeanor that is a fourth degree burglary (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from referring to the existence of records of a charge in a case with electronic records if the charge resulted in (Sec. 2):

• Acquittal;

• Dismissal; or

• Nolle prosequi, except nolle prosequi with the requirement of drug or alcohol treatment.

• Establishes a Partial Expungement Workgroup to study and develop a plan and legislative recommendations for enabling the expungement of criminal charges that are currently not eligible for expungement (Sec. 3).

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