---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workgroup to Study Partial Expungement"
description: "Workgroup to Study Partial Expungement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 882"
citation: "Maryland HB 882 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barron"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/784eb378-de55-424e-a9a3-4309422a8dcb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0882?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6702971f2aaf596518b0457156b113d6d1cb897a0ac8f0b5bf2aaa0df57992a3"
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 882 (2021) — Workgroup to Study Partial Expungement

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Workgroup to Study Partial Expungement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_376_hb0882t.pdf)
2. **First - Workgroup to Study Partial Expungement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0882f.pdf)
3. **Third - Workgroup to Study Partial Expungement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0882t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **101–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barron — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-31** Hearing 2/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 376 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/784eb378-de55-424e-a9a3-4309422a8dcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).