---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automatic Expungement - Clarification"
description: "Automatic Expungement - Clarification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "Maryland SB 173 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muse", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dbcd15b-a347-40b5-8987-cdb128f84c56"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0173?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "22f414b0db21448c453acc49c72bc3f4042123b34bfbb70c5cafec2f38c8287d"
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 173 (2023) — Automatic Expungement - Clarification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Automatic Expungement - Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_685_sb0173e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Automatic Expungement - Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0173e.pdf)
3. **First - Automatic Expungement - Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0173f.pdf)
4. **Third - Automatic Expungement - Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0173t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Muse — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 685 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dbcd15b-a347-40b5-8987-cdb128f84c56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).