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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: "HB 131"
citation: "Maryland HB 131 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger", "Moon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3167068-3f9a-4f7a-b9b5-46dd035f538c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0131?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "04aa12037c4e9d73afc3cc6cf6dc918f0d221435df36f0b19cc8352d83512577"
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 131 (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_796_hb0131t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0131f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0131t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Motion Special Order until 3/1 (Delegate Pippy) Adopted
- **2023-03-01** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-28** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 796 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3167068-3f9a-4f7a-b9b5-46dd035f538c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).