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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law Sodomy Repeal"
description: "Criminal Law Sodomy Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 81"
citation: "Maryland HB 81 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "Cardin", "Charkoudian", "Clippinger", "Crutchfield", "Korman", "Lehman", "Lopez", "Moon", "Shetty", "Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b3c34eb-ab70-4c9b-aae8-07c929d12a20"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0081?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5c701c4e295a57c601901241607214e68cd683ab8c1a3486fd42814d8de9ca78"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_45_hb0081e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law Sodomy Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0081e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Sodomy and Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0081f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Law - Sodomy and Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0081t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1335** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **1244** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **440** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b3c34eb-ab70-4c9b-aae8-07c929d12a20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).