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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity"
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description: "Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 43"
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citation: "Maryland SB 43 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Hettleman"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-09-29"
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last_action: "2021-05-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/187a574a-cbc8-4808-9d3b-c1f200b242ac"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0043?ys=2021RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "c8037436ff9a53a681d4e2509f9286bc9e23298775dae4bf4af3cdab46a9fb66"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 43 (2021) — Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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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)
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2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0043e.pdf)
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3. **First - Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0043f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Criminal Law - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0043t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **95–39** (pass) · lower
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- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **125–8** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elfreth — primary (person)
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- Hettleman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-09-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
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- **2021-01-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-01-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-01-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2021-02-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-02-05** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2021-03-18** Hearing canceled
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- **2021-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
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- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-08** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
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- **2021-04-08** Senate Requests House Recede
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- **2021-04-08** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hettleman, Bailey and Jackson)
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- **2021-04-10** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
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- **2021-04-10** Senate Requests House Recede
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- **2021-04-10** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hettleman, Bailey and Jackson)
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- **2021-04-10** House Refuses Recede
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- **2021-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Williams, Moon and Griffith)
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- **2021-04-10** House Refuses Recede
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- **2021-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Williams, Moon and Griffith)
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- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
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- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
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- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
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- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 314 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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