---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Solicitation of a Minor – Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian – Prohibition and Penalties"
description: "Sexual Solicitation of a Minor – Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian – Prohibition and Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 246"
citation: "Maryland HB 246 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "Cardin", "Cox", "Crutchfield", "D.M. Davis", "Grammer", "Griffith", "J. Lewis", "Lopez", "Malone", "McComas", "Pippy", "Shetty", "W. Fisher", "Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fec17f2b-b9ce-4ea0-ba49-78ce0f9483de"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0246?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ff6ba51166a1ba4921d8807e9dd35f615672ba01fc7fb1a4765c73f09a3ed450"
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 246 (2020) — Sexual Solicitation of a Minor – Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian – Prohibition and Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor – Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian – Prohibition and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_128_hb0246t.pdf)
2. **First - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor – Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian – Prohibition and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0246f.pdf)
3. **Third - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor – Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian – Prohibition and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0246t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arikan — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 128 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fec17f2b-b9ce-4ea0-ba49-78ce0f9483de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).