Governor prepared to sign bill eliminating arrest records

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The Senate unanimously enacted on Tuesday and the governor is ready to sign a bill that would allow people arrested but never charged to have the record of their arrest automatically eliminated, or expunged.

Gov. Martin O?Malley “will sign it,” communications director Steve Kearney said. “We?ve been supportive of these efforts since he was mayor.”

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