---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 187"
citation: "Maryland HB 187 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-15"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bd6e290-1dde-44f4-a62a-c54c16b3e52b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0187?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "21aef85de1bb7a5e0040399fd94ad1fa71f5db22c588babb7132ffc130eedd3b"
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 187 (2026) — Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_466_hb0187e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0187e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0187f.pdf)
4. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2026RS-HB0187-REIN.pdf)
5. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0187t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 466 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bd6e290-1dde-44f4-a62a-c54c16b3e52b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).