---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force"
description: "Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 496"
citation: "Maryland HB 496 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Anderton", "Arikan", "Attar", "Atterbeary", "Bagnall", "Barnes", "Bartlett", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Chang", "Charkoudian", "Conaway", "Crosby", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Embry", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Forbes", "Grammer", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Guzzone", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Lopez", "Love", "McCaskill", "Mireku-North", "Munoz", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "R. Lewis", "Roberson", "Rosenberg", "Ruth", "Shetty", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Smith", "Solomon", "Spiegel", "Stein", "Taylor", "Terrasa", "Toles", "Vogel", "Wells", "White Holland", "Williams", "Wolek", "Wu"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fff1c168-19ba-4a9b-b111-2fb876539151"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0496?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f2a3a5fe1ddfe4a225fbdc2db7e02ad7b3a820b962bb1d1565ace690ab44c478"
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 496 (2024) — Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_761_hb0496e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0496e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0496f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0496t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Arikan — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barnes — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Munoz — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Hearing 3/28 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2024-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-29** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 761 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fff1c168-19ba-4a9b-b111-2fb876539151`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).