republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2025/hb-853.md

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Bill	Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)	Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2025	HB 853	Maryland HB 853 (2025)	bill		enacted	Acevero Addison Alston Amprey Boafo Boyce Charkoudian Conaway Crutchfield Davis Embry Fair Fennell Harris Harrison Holmes Ivey J. Lewis J. Long Kaufman Martinez McCaskill Mireku-North Palakovich Carr Pasteur Patterson Pena-Melnyk Phillips Queen Roberson Rogers Ruff Ruth Simmons Smith Stinnett Taveras Taylor Toles Turner Wells White Holland Wilkins Williams Woods Young	5	38	17	2025-01-30	2025-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/a7177bdf-7ba4-437e-8ad2-8a7f6c695978	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0853?ys=2025RS&search=True	04971c40ea84a83b2b479a65fc907491116067666199e235f71be7f2b4e3c7e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 853 (2025) — Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) (committee substitute) — source
4. Racial Equity Impact Note (committee substitute) — source
5. Third - Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 89–47 (pass) · lower
• Floor Amendment Folden /523329/1 — 19–26 (fail) · upper
• FLA Del. Kipke /823623/1 — 50–77 (fail) · lower
• FLA Del. Griffith /893422/1 — 43–81 (fail) · lower
• Floor Amendment Corderman /263224/1 — 20–25 (fail) · upper
• FLA Del. Rose /293228/1 — 44–77 (fail) · lower
• FLA Del. Hartman /683627/1 — 38–87 (fail) · lower
• FLA Del. Buckel /913128/1 — 44–80 (fail) · lower
• FLA Del. Pippy /493028/1 — 40–93 (fail) · lower
• FLA Del. Hutchinson /473222/1 — 43–80 (fail) · lower
• FLA Del. Miller /513728/1 — 42–81 (fail) · lower
• On Third Reading — 89–49 (pass) · lower
• Floor Amendment Bailey /413126/1 — 24–23 (pass) · upper
• FLA Del. Hornberger /553722/1 — 45–78 (fail) · lower
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 31–16 (pass) · upper
• FLA Del. Pippy /123428/1 — 47–79 (fail) · lower
• FLA Del. Buckel /713626/1 — 45–86 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Acevero — primary (person)
• Addison — primary (person)
• Alston — primary (person)
• Amprey — primary (person)
• Boafo — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• Charkoudian — primary (person)
• Conaway — primary (person)
• Crutchfield — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Embry — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Fennell — primary (person)
• Harris — primary (person)
• Harrison — primary (person)
• Holmes — primary (person)
• Ivey — primary (person)
• J. Lewis — primary (person)
• J. Long — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• Martinez — primary (person)
• McCaskill — primary (person)
• Mireku-North — primary (person)
• Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)
• Queen — primary (person)
• Roberson — primary (person)
• Rogers — primary (person)
• Ruff — primary (person)
• Ruth — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Stinnett — primary (person)
• Taveras — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Toles — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Wells — primary (person)
• White Holland — primary (person)
• Wilkins — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)
• Woods — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-01-31 Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2025-02-17 Hearing canceled
• 2025-02-17 Hearing 2/18 at 11:00 a.m.
• 2025-03-14 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-14 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-14 Motion Special Order until 03/15 (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
• 2025-03-15 Floor Amendment {
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• 2025-03-15 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2025-03-17 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-03-17 Referred Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2025-03-19 Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2025-03-25 Hearing canceled
• 2025-03-25 Hearing 3/25 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2025-03-31 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 Favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 Motion Special Order until 4/1 (Senator Smith) Adopted
• 2025-04-02 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Floor Amendment {
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• 2025-04-02 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2025-04-03 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-04-03 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2025-04-03 Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Ivey) Adopted
• 2025-04-03 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-04-03 Passed Enrolled
• 2025-04-22 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 96 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7177bdf-7ba4-437e-8ad2-8a7f6c695978. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).