---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles - Sexting"
description: "Juveniles - Sexting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 180"
citation: "Maryland HB 180 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-12"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a45f0a6f-3cce-44fd-9e9c-b683cf88a2a3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0180?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "54a3d5ce9bc870e64ea0fe0ad48c927c30c7c53ab45394edb7cae67e806b28f3"
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 180 (2021) — Juveniles - Sexting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Juveniles - Sexting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_393_hb0180t.pdf)
2. **First - Juveniles - Sexting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0180f.pdf)
3. **Third - Juveniles - Sexting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0180t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–8** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-12** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 393 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a45f0a6f-3cce-44fd-9e9c-b683cf88a2a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).