---
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: "SB 320"
citation: "Maryland SB 320 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muse"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba97e776-5fcc-4a75-8c48-1a2feae7591c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0320?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "eedd53fef84d8444ab02ed668e081e51b81b01239786b898adb02f8b00d644c1"
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 320 (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_465_sb0320t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0320f.pdf)
3. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2026RS-SB0320-REIN.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0320t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill on third reading for final passage. — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Muse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Motion Special Order until 3/20 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 465 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba97e776-5fcc-4a75-8c48-1a2feae7591c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).