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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Person in a Position of Authority - Sexual Offenses With a Minor"
description: "Criminal Law - Person in a Position of Authority - Sexual Offenses With a Minor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 226"
citation: "Maryland HB 226 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Bartlett", "D. Jones", "Embry", "Foley", "Kaufman", "Kelly", "Lopez", "Love", "Munoz", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Ruth", "Simpson", "Taylor", "Williams", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ca22979-2bbe-4eea-82db-c51249f3a8ce"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0226?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3a73613d90f38cf0e3b0ddb4b9253e234fdabfc5bea47dd8db916a41d116ccf7"
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 226 (2023) — Criminal Law - Person in a Position of Authority - Sexual Offenses With a Minor
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Person in a Position of Authority - Sexual Offenses With a Minor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_730_hb0226e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Person in a Position of Authority - Sexual Offenses With a Minor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0226e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Person in a Position of Authority - Sexual Offenses With a Minor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0226f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Law - Person in a Position of Authority - Sexual Offenses With a Minor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0226t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Arikan — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Munoz — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-23** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Motion Special Order until 4/4 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2023-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 730 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ca22979-2bbe-4eea-82db-c51249f3a8ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).