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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity"
description: "Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "Maryland SB 43 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Hettleman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-09-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/187a574a-cbc8-4808-9d3b-c1f200b242ac"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0043?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c8037436ff9a53a681d4e2509f9286bc9e23298775dae4bf4af3cdab46a9fb66"
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 43 (2021) — Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_314_sb0043e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0043e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0043f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0043t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **9539** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **1258** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-09-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-05** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2021-04-08** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hettleman, Bailey and Jackson)
- **2021-04-10** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2021-04-10** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2021-04-10** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hettleman, Bailey and Jackson)
- **2021-04-10** House Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Williams, Moon and Griffith)
- **2021-04-10** House Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Williams, Moon and Griffith)
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 314 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/187a574a-cbc8-4808-9d3b-c1f200b242ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).