---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "Maryland SB 201 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patterson", "Sydnor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-13"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e8bb060-9165-4612-a80a-00af7c809518"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0201?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2d5d0258bf3a32c84034d3529c05d9c4e50f3c65a48afbf1822e7253f26fda85"
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 SB 201 (2021) — Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_680_sb0201t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Waiting Period** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0201f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0201t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patterson — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 680 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e8bb060-9165-4612-a80a-00af7c809518`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).