---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Civil Offense"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Civil Offense"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 382"
citation: "Maryland HB 382 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Civil Actions", "Expungement", "Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dumais"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6253b6d-f525-4c09-a4e5-e62b464aa365"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB382&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "7a29fd902124f398d6dcef6c07fc00da6e7a9e8bea801f80af4b06d402afa8aa"
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 382 (2018) — Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Civil Offense

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0382f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dumais — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (133-6) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 686 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6253b6d-f525-4c09-a4e5-e62b464aa365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).