---
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: "SB 874"
citation: "Maryland SB 874 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f13dce78-f4da-46ad-bf4b-9b344ab11022"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0874?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d7c75b98fec3f6f49e39427dcb6c09beec945f1490fa36e8b11a3c2d74c0d553"
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 874 (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_377_sb0874t.pdf)
2. **First - Workgroup to Study Partial Expungement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0874f.pdf)
3. **Third - Workgroup to Study Partial Expungement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0874t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **101–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing 3/03 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-26** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-26** Hearing 3/03 at 12:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 377 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f13dce78-f4da-46ad-bf4b-9b344ab11022`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).