Maryland HB 362: Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Effect

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*hb0362*

HOUSE BILL 362
E2 6lr1162
HB 777/25 – JUD
By: Delegate Grammer
Introduced and read first time: January 19, 2026
Assigned to: Judiciary

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Criminal Procedure – Expungement – Effect 2

FOR the purpose of establishing that a person who is granted an expungement shall be 3
determined for all purposes not to have been arrested for, cited for, charged with, or 4
convicted of the underlying offense; and generally relating to expungement. 5

BY adding to 6
Article – Criminal Procedure 7
Section 10–101.1 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2025 Replacement Volume) 10

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12

Article – Criminal Procedure 13

10–101.1. 14

A PERSON WHO IS GRANTED AN EXPUNGEMENT UNDER THIS SUBTITLE SHALL 15
BE DETERMINED FOR ALL PURPOSES NOT TO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR, CITED 16
FOR, CHARGED WITH, OR CONVICTED OF THE UNDERLYING OFFENSE. 17

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18
October 1, 2026. 19