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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Law – Sodomy – Repeal"
+description: "Criminal Law – Sodomy – Repeal"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 81"
+citation: "Maryland HB 81 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "Cardin", "Charkoudian", "Clippinger", "Crutchfield", "Korman", "Lehman", "Lopez", "Moon", "Shetty", "Williams"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-13"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b3c34eb-ab70-4c9b-aae8-07c929d12a20"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0081?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "5c701c4e295a57c601901241607214e68cd683ab8c1a3486fd42814d8de9ca78"
+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 81 (2020) — Criminal Law – Sodomy – Repeal
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Criminal Law – Sodomy – Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_45_hb0081e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law – Sodomy – Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0081e.pdf)
+3. **First - Criminal Law - Sodomy and Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0081f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Criminal Law - Sodomy and Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0081t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **133–5** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **124–4** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Atterbeary — primary (person)
+- Bartlett — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Charkoudian — primary (person)
+- Clippinger — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- Korman — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Moon — primary (person)
+- Shetty — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 45 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b3c34eb-ab70-4c9b-aae8-07c929d12a20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+