City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0277R

• File #: 07-0277R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State Legislation - House Bill 10 - Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Police Records - Arrests Without Charge - Automatic
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/26/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/26/2007
• Title: In Support of State Legislation - House Bill 10 - Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Police Records - Arrests Without Charge - Automatic FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would entitle a person who is arrested or confined by a law enforcement unit, and is released without being charged to automatic expungement of all police records relating to the arrest, and would repeal existing provisions that require written notice for expungement of specified records, as well as provisions prohibiting a person from requesting expungement before a statute of limitations expires; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee and the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2007 Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the legislation; and petitioning the Governor to sign the measure into law.
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, President Young, Robert Curran, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Sharon Green Middleton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Helen L. Holton, Kenneth Harris, Belinda Conaway, Keiffer Mitchell
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/26/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
3/26/2007	0	City Council	Amended
3/26/2007	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
In Support of State Legislation - House Bill 10 - Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Police Records - Arrests Without Charge - Automatic

FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would entitle a person who is arrested or confined by a law enforcement unit, and is released without being charged to automatic expungement of all police records relating to the arrest, and would repeal existing provisions that require written notice for expungement of specified records, as well as provisions prohibiting a person from requesting expungement before a statute of limitations expires; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee and the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2007 Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the legislation; and petitioning the Governor to sign the measure into law.
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This legislation that passed through the Maryland House of Delegates on March 6, 2007, with a vote of 130-9, seeks to automatically expunge arrest records in cases in which criminal charges were not brought. This bill is more significant than ever considering that, according to the Maryland Criminal Justice Information System, approximately 21,000 people were arrested and released without charge in Maryland last year. The issue then becomes th...