---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Indecent Exposure Within the Presence of a Minor"
description: "Criminal Law - Indecent Exposure Within the Presence of a Minor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "Maryland HB 5 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crosby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-08-04"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18e4b1a7-a6cb-45c5-ad33-1f87fa7768bf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0005?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f44001ab2598fadb2f2d967d94584f03ec18eb5a35b5bd68a8bcd63bf620d59f"
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 5 (2024) — Criminal Law - Indecent Exposure Within the Presence of a Minor

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Indecent Exposure Within the Presence of a Minor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_858_hb0005t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Indecent Exposure Within the Presence of a Minor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0005f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Indecent Exposure Within the Presence of a Minor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0005t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 5 HB 94 HB 99 HB 123 HB 172 HB 222 HB 315 HB 476 HB 544 HB 565 HB 1086 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crosby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 858 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18e4b1a7-a6cb-45c5-ad33-1f87fa7768bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).