republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2020/hb-81.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

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Bill	Criminal Law – Sodomy – Repeal	Criminal Law – Sodomy – Repeal	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2020	HB 81	Maryland HB 81 (2020)	bill		enacted	Atterbeary Bartlett Cardin Charkoudian Clippinger Crutchfield Korman Lehman Lopez Moon Shetty Williams	4	15	3	2020-01-13	2020-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/3b3c34eb-ab70-4c9b-aae8-07c929d12a20	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0081?ys=2020RS&search=True	5c701c4e295a57c601901241607214e68cd683ab8c1a3486fd42814d8de9ca78	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 81 (2020) — Criminal Law – Sodomy – Repeal

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Criminal Law – Sodomy – Repeal (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Criminal Law – Sodomy – Repeal (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Criminal Law - Sodomy and Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice - Repeal (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Criminal Law - Sodomy and Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice - Repeal (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 133–5 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 124–4 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Atterbeary — primary (person)
• Bartlett — primary (person)
• Cardin — primary (person)
• Charkoudian — primary (person)
• Clippinger — primary (person)
• Crutchfield — primary (person)
• Korman — primary (person)
• Lehman — primary (person)
• Lopez — primary (person)
• Moon — primary (person)
• Shetty — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-13 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2020-02-17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-18 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-02-20 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-02-21 Referred Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2020-03-17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-17 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-17 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-18 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2020-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-18 Passed Enrolled
• 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 45 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b3c34eb-ab70-4c9b-aae8-07c929d12a20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).