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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)"
+description: "Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 853"
+citation: "Maryland HB 853 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Addison", "Alston", "Amprey", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Davis", "Embry", "Fair", "Fennell", "Harris", "Harrison", "Holmes", "Ivey", "J. Lewis", "J. Long", "Kaufman", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Mireku-North", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Queen", "Roberson", "Rogers", "Ruff", "Ruth", "Simmons", "Smith", "Stinnett", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "Turner", "Wells", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Woods", "Young"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 17
+first_action: "2025-01-30"
+last_action: "2025-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7177bdf-7ba4-437e-8ad2-8a7f6c695978"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0853?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "04971c40ea84a83b2b479a65fc907491116067666199e235f71be7f2b4e3c7e2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 853 (2025) — Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_96_hb0853e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0853e.pdf)
+3. **First - Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0853f.pdf)
+4. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2025RS-HB0853-REIN.pdf)
+5. **Third - Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0853t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **89–47** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Amendment Folden /523329/1 — **19–26** (fail) · upper
+- FLA Del. Kipke /823623/1 — **50–77** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Griffith /893422/1 — **43–81** (fail) · lower
+- Floor Amendment Corderman /263224/1 — **20–25** (fail) · upper
+- FLA Del. Rose /293228/1 — **44–77** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Hartman /683627/1 — **38–87** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Buckel /913128/1 — **44–80** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Pippy /493028/1 — **40–93** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Hutchinson /473222/1 — **43–80** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Miller /513728/1 — **42–81** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **89–49** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Amendment Bailey /413126/1 — **24–23** (pass) · upper
+- FLA Del. Hornberger /553722/1 — **45–78** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **31–16** (pass) · upper
+- FLA Del. Pippy /123428/1 — **47–79** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Buckel /713626/1 — **45–86** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Addison — primary (person)
+- Alston — primary (person)
+- Amprey — primary (person)
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Charkoudian — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- Davis — primary (person)
+- Embry — primary (person)
+- Fair — primary (person)
+- Fennell — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Harrison — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- J. Lewis — primary (person)
+- J. Long — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- McCaskill — primary (person)
+- Mireku-North — primary (person)
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+- Pasteur — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Queen — primary (person)
+- Roberson — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- Ruth — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Stinnett — primary (person)
+- Taveras — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Toles — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- Wells — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+- Wilkins — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-30** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-02-17** Hearing canceled
+- **2025-02-17** Hearing 2/18 at 11:00 a.m.
+- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** Motion Special Order until 03/15 (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
+- **2025-03-15** Floor Amendment {
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+- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-17** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-25** Hearing canceled
+- **2025-03-25** Hearing 3/25 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-31** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-31** Motion Special Order until 4/1 (Senator Smith) Adopted
+- **2025-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** Floor Amendment {
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+- **2025-04-02** Floor Amendment {
+- **2025-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-03** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2025-04-03** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Ivey) Adopted
+- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-03** Passed Enrolled
+- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 96 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7177bdf-7ba4-437e-8ad2-8a7f6c695978`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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