---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law – Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice – Repeal"
description: "Criminal Law – Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice – Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Maryland SB 54 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-07-06"
last_action: "2023-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74e2c866-b315-4cbc-83ff-508c5761abae"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0054?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "691117ea85fb41b836a3eb1866bffb6ee44d68054716e2ba36710352e39cac7b"
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 SB 54 (2023) — Criminal Law – Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice – Repeal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law – Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice – Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_797_sb0054t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law – Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice – Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0054f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law – Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice – Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0054t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-06** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Hearing 2/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2023-01-30** Hearing canceled
- **2023-01-30** Hearing 2/01 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2023-02-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Motion Special Order until 2/16 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2023-02-16** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Motion Special Order until 2/17 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2023-02-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-02-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-02-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-28** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 797 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74e2c866-b315-4cbc-83ff-508c5761abae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).